Bonus #ArtAdventCalendar & #invertefest &#crustmas print made for #InsertAnInvert2024 🦀 Time after time shrimp like crustaceans have evolved crablike forms (through a process called carcinization) and do a good job of pretending to be crabs, but this odd looking fellow is the real deal, a true crab. My red frog crab (Ranina ranina), also known as a spanner crab or Huỳnh Đế crab, is … 🧵

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In early 2024, Bandai announced a set of seven miniature crustaceans in their ever-growing Diversity of Life on Earth line. I was must admit, I had mixed emotions for this set. Two of the figures I really wanted! For one of them, I go either way. And for the remaining four, I didn’t need or really want any of them. I tossed around getting the entire set for myself, getting the entire set and […]

The final #printerSolstice prompt is warm colours, so I made an animal in hues of orange and red. My hand-printed red frog crab (Ranina ranina), also known as a spanner crab or Huỳnh Đế crab, is hand-printed on Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper. This crab is found in tropical and sub-tropical waters offshore Australia, the Philippines, Vietnam, the east coast of Africa, 🧵1/n

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A phalanx of frog crabs in warm colours coming up for #printerSolstice

The final #printerSolstice2024 prompt is warm colours.

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Next block getting carved is a true 🦀

Not one of those false crabs. There’s a process called carcinization where crustaceans keep evolving a crab-like form again and again. So there’s many animals you might swear were crabs, called the such-and-such crab, which aren’t technically crabs. But this one is the real deal. Ranina ranina, the frog crab or spanner crab.

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