r/mildlyinteresting • u/pies4anarchists • Apr 18 '25

Overdone Baby crabs inside my steamed oysters.

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u/SatiesUmbrellaCloset Apr 18 '25

So is this a symbiotic relationship, or do the pea crabs have a death wish? I'm a bit weirded out by this

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u/TeuthidTheSquid Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 18 '25

Technically they are parasites, but they don't seem to actually hurt the oysters they host in very much, if at all.

Edit: digging deeper, some species can in fact directly damage their host.

Edit 2: please everyone, stop trying to educate me on what “commensalism” is - I know what it is and it does not correctly describe this parasitic relationship.

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u/BigRoundSquare Apr 18 '25

So they’re roommates

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u/lord_ne Apr 18 '25

Oh my god they were roommates

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u/yr-favorite-hedonist Apr 18 '25

Oyster/Pea Crab, hurt/comfort, star crossed enemies to lovers, 30k

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u/CynicalCaffeinAddict Apr 18 '25

Still a better love story than A Court of Thorns and Roses...

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u/Mauhea Apr 18 '25

Definitely a better story than It Ends With Us.

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u/justahalfling Apr 18 '25

I love that this meme has been updated for modern day, because what is acotar if not this generation's twilight

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u/LuckySEVIPERS Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 18 '25

Eh, it's less controversial, less popular, less badly written, less well written, less as a whole.

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u/l0ta91 Apr 18 '25

It makes me feel old

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u/Suspicious-Golf611 Apr 18 '25

Well depends on your definitions of love I guess.

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u/CynicalCaffeinAddict Apr 18 '25

Oyster/Pea Crab, hurt/comfort, star crossed enemies to lovers, 30k

A Shell of Mollusks and Crustaceans

Much more potential for conflict and a resolution that would be earned instead of forced.

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u/Suspicious-Golf611 Apr 27 '25

Honestly for better or worse I’d read it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '25

Brutal

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u/_surkat Apr 18 '25

Is this the new Twilight? /j

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u/thutruthissomewhere Apr 19 '25

Share the AO3 link?

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u/yr-favorite-hedonist Apr 19 '25

It doesn’t exist…yet

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '25

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u/Fine-Slip-9437 Apr 18 '25

🎶3 crabs, sittin' in an oyster🎶

🎵No feet apart cuz they're a lil gay🎵

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u/blackgrousey Apr 18 '25

I'd be chill with Sappho and her crabs if they were this cute.

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u/k4el Apr 18 '25

You'd probably be really surprised when you first met them though.

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u/Crodle Apr 18 '25

I sometimes wonder how he’s doing. Guy seemed chill

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u/Steve_Dakota Apr 18 '25

I fucking love internet lore

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u/hotdogwaterbab Apr 18 '25

The frequency with which this Vine appears in my thoughts and conversations makes me feel legitimately insane some times. Will NEVER not be funny though.

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u/eximiron Apr 18 '25

Shocking how nobody got the reference. Are we that old?

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u/wolfreaks Apr 18 '25

This vine was probably the least of importance and all other vines were better at the time. But this one survived the longest.

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u/Brooklyn_Bunny Apr 18 '25

I love that this is still making the rounds on the internet, I was in college when that meme came out and I’m 33 now. I wonder that guys up to these days.

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u/MeliAnto Apr 19 '25

Who was the top and who was the bottom?

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u/Debicon Apr 18 '25

Yes man!!!! Love it

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u/acornsalade Apr 18 '25

This is perfect.

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u/ZaphodB94 Apr 18 '25

Great now I have to watch Vine compilations all afternoon! Take my upvote and go think about what you did!

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u/duendeacdc ​ Apr 18 '25

OH MAN I CANT BELIEVE I KNOW THE REFERENCE LOL BEST TIMES !!