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Had a crab hijack my lift bag on a shallow water job.
It kept dropping rocks in, thinking it was building a home. I nudged it off and sorted the weight before my surface crew wondered why I was sinking.
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amy_anderson7mo ago
Unreal how smart those things are.
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taylor.reese7mo ago
That crab was just following its instincts, but man, imagine if an octopus got involved. Those things are too smart, they'd probably try to unscrew a valve or something. Makes you wonder what other marine life sees our gear as prime real estate. Could have a whole squatting situation with a moray eel in a tool bucket. Nature just wants to use whatever we leave down there.
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fiona_west217mo ago
Octopuses are such problem solvers. They'd totally run a parts exchange for other sea creatures. Hermit crabs would be trading up for socket sets.
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wesleym487mo ago
Had a buddy find a moray eel living in his tool bucket once. It just stared at him like he was the one trespassing. @taylor.reese is right about the squatting thing. Nature just takes over any space we leave behind. I bet if we left a wrench down there long enough, something would try to use it.
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