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[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 years ago

Love the puffer fish reaction. Really locks in this joke.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

i'm so used to the blowfish symbolizing BSD and the crab symbolizing Rust that i spent a solid minute trying to figure out what programming related thing the shrimp was

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] RealJoL@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Krill, a Rust RPKI tool 🦐

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the most adorable part is Mrs. Puff

[–] Water_Melon_boy@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago

Sponge~ Boooob !

[–] Heartwotalk@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 2 years ago

The puffer fish should have been a pistol shrimp

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do shrimp jump backwards? I did not know this.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

They use their tails to rapidly propel themselves backwards when frightened, same for lobsters and crawfish.

[–] CyberTailor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

cc @koariko@craba.cab