View Full Version : Beaker Mimicking a hermit/snail


DrBatty
Oct 31st, 2006, 06:25pm
Been meaning to post this for awhile....definitely one of my favorite displays that he does! I think he's trying to look like a hermit, but it's hard to tell....

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a319/drbatty/Beaker/th_Beaker004.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a319/drbatty/Beaker/?action=view&current=Beaker004.flv)

Neogonodactylus
Oct 31st, 2006, 07:51pm
This is a common posture for Abdopus aculeatus, particularly when disturbed. I particularly like the jerky locomotion that looks very much like a hermit teetering along. H. lunulata does the same thing, but much less commonly.

Roy

Animal Mother
Oct 31st, 2006, 08:14pm
Einy does that too :)

Brock Fluharty
Oct 31st, 2006, 08:18pm
I think it looks like a large hermit crab, the way he scuttles...then flies...lazy...lol. Yeah, all of my hermits fly around the tank when they get bored of walking...

That would be a nightmare having blue leg hermits FLYING around my tank, harassing my fish...lol.