# squidtember shrimpweek crustacean art skeletonshrimp crabs christmassongs

perhaps a good time to announce that my more-or-less-monthly newsletter, the OctoPost, features *at least* as many decapods as octopods (especially in
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2022-09-07

Mincers are an order of vaguely theropodoid-looking decapods that are widespread across the super continent, from small fowl sized generalists to sixty foot long apex predators. One genus in particular, Theristorhynchus, has truly found great success—
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2022-04-28

As one of, if not the fastest terrestrial decapods on Orbem Norvis, their speed allows them to evade the many predators that share their habitat. As they work with different a very different skeleto-muscular system than that of Earth's animals, the highest—
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2022-04-09

Resplendelopes are a group of highly cursorial decapods that inhabit every terrestrial habitat of Orbem Norvis, from the cold snow barrens to the lush labyrinth jungles. There are several factors to their success: speed, diet and camoflauge.
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2022-04-09

The skeleton shrimp is technically an amphipod (true shrimp are decapods), but it's a crustacean with the word "shrimp" in its name so it's a part of Shrimp Week.

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2022-02-18

Hat's off to Robert Lamb at the podcast for his hilariously funny crab-based Christmas song "Decapod the the Halls." (Christmas Island, Part 2: Deca Deca Pod) I'm still laughing!

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2018-12-29