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Hermit Crab Housing Market (mander.xyz)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Seriously though, if crabs used currency this would never happen. There would be one crab with all the shells and the other crabs would have to bring food offerings or whatever their currency would be in order to get one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

There's a Souls-like video game with this premise.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Mr. Krabs

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But how would the crab protect his extra shells?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The US would use its navy to protect ~~the wealthy crabs~~ "important commerce lanes" lol