Interspecies interaction

Questions about identifying the differences between species.
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Who hangs out w/ who?

Species: my crabs seem to hang around in species groups
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Size: my crabs seem to hang around w/ similar sized buddies, regardless of species
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15%
Location: where my crabs hang out seems more important than who else is there
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38%
Random: can't detect any pattern to explain their social groups
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46%
 
Total votes: 13
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Jedi_Sena
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Interspecies interaction

Post by Jedi_Sena »

Where do you weigh in?

There is probably some advantage to having a same species friend, but many of us have noticed that our crabs in mixed tanks tend to hang w/ crabs that are similar sizes regardless of their species. If I was a crab, skin color wouldn't mean much to me; I'd pick a friend my size that I could swap clothes with!
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iluvhermies
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Post by iluvhermies »

I agree mine seem to hang with similar sizes regardless of the species.
Big Daddy*Speedy*Doc*Spot*Sandy*Spongebob*Kolasas*Mrs. Puff*Larry*Gary*Joy*Liberty*Troy*Gabrielle*Ryan*Chelsea
Eddie*Maddie*London*Irwin*Miley*Oliver*Marianna*Dalton*
Chevin*Peeping Tom*April*Hannah*Peanut*Brandon*Brandi*
Autumn*Peyton*Zac*Corbin*Lilly*Rico*Queenie*Princess*Prince
Bruce*Cheese*Sharpay*Elmo*Chris
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Cheyenne
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Post by Cheyenne »

I dont really notice a pattern. But I dont have many crabs. I only have 5. 4PPs and 1 straw. 2 PPs are down,a nd so is the new guy(straw) The other 2 PPs hang around together, but they are the only ones up, soooo...lol. O, and dont worry, the straw wont be lonesom. I am acually leaving in like 15 minutes to go get him a buddy/ buddies. :D :D
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Jaci
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Post by Jaci »

i'm with cheyenne. all of mine are PPs, but they range from micro to jumbo. the little ones will climb on top of the big ones; occassionally wendy and aries (both medium) will share the choya wood; there really isn't a pattern. zeus and apollo are my biggest and apollo seems to be more of a loner than zeus who continually digs his way into some of the smaller huts, ignoring the 2 huge huts i bought for him. lol. that's funny to watch. i'll have to post pics of him getting in it.
*** Lemi *** Bebe *** Wendy *** Ike *** Craig *** Aries*** Zeus ***

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Token 1/8/06 * Butters 1/31/06 * Tweek 3/16/06 * Shelley 4/14/06 * Timmy 8/5/06 * Athena 11/6/06 * Jimmy 1/22/08 * Apollo 2/4/08
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vunja
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Post by vunja »

my first two crabs (Kitty and Tian), that I bought at the same time and shared a tiny tank together for a few weeks, are friends and hang out together. they're both Es, but I don't really think that has anything to do with it. I had one other E, and they were friends but not close the way Tian and Kitty are, and my new E is still getting acclimated to the tank and all that. I haven't seen much interaction at all between my two PPs, probably because one of them spends more time buried than aboveground.
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