Electric Flame Scallop Killing hermit crabs?

[ScottyD36]

So I have a electric Flame Scallop in my tank. I recently noticed dead corpse of my blue legged hermit crabs right next to it. Has anyone encountered anything like this before where their hermit crabs have been getting killed by a Scallop.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

So I have a electric Flame Scallop in my tank. I recently noticed dead corpse of my blue legged hermit crabs right next to it. Has anyone encountered anything like this before where their hermit crabs have been getting killed by a Scallop.

I don't think that to be even remotely possible..

 

[FishRN]

Most likely hermit crab molts.

 

[SlugSnorter]

So I have a electric Flame Scallop in my tank. I recently noticed dead corpse of my blue legged hermit crabs right next to it. Has anyone encountered anything like this before where their hermit crabs have been getting killed by a Scallop.

could be a molt.

 

[KrisReef]

I wonder if they got electrocuted?

 

[SlugSnorter]

So I have a electric Flame Scallop in my tank. I recently noticed dead corpse of my blue legged hermit crabs right next to it. Has anyone encountered anything like this before where their hermit crabs have been getting killed by a Scallop.

actually maybe yes! I have learned they produce a stunning acidic mucus when attacked, the crab may have been stunned, though still alive

 

[SlugSnorter]

I don't think that to be even remotely possible..

They can be stunned! i recently learned flame scallops can spit stunning acidic mucous when attacked

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I wonder if they got electrocuted?

The scallop is not a lightning rod..

 

[SlugSnorter]

The scallop is not a lightning rod..

I think he was making a pun

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I think he was making a pun

You'd be surprised at how many people think they can actually get electrocuted by those things though....

 

[SlugSnorter]

You'd be surprised at how many people think they can actually get electrocuted by those things though....

well, they do spit stunning acid, so it might feel like electricity

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

well, they do spit stunning acid, so it might feel like electricity

Can you link to any study showing your findings?

Furthermore that their natural defences against marine predators would have any effect on humans?

 

[SlugSnorter]

Can you link to any study showing your findings?

Furthermore that their natural defences against marine predators would have any effect on humans?

I don't have the time to fully check but I believe it to be this one. It might not be though, ill keep an eye out if its not

https://escholarship.org/content/qt34v2q4dr/qt34v2q4dr_noSplash_4a6eb73624dd6376289becc4dc3a53ef.pdf?t=odi07b

https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/2021/01/06/disco-clams This is a shortened version by another party

Id have little reason to assume humans randomly have immunity to the toxin, but we are different, far larger, and not directly breathing it in like the mantis shrimp in the study, potentially causing the "shock" feeling but nothing more pronouced

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I don't have the time to fully check but I believe it to be this one. It might not be though, ill keep an eye out if its not

https://escholarship.org/content/qt34v2q4dr/qt34v2q4dr_noSplash_4a6eb73624dd6376289becc4dc3a53ef.pdf?t=odi07b

https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/2021/01/06/disco-clams This is a shortened version by another party

Id have little reason to assume humans randomly have immunity to the toxin, but we are different, far larger, and not directly breathing it in like the mantis shrimp in the study, potentially causing the "shock" feeling but nothing more pronouced

We have a protective layer of skin being my thought.

 

[SlugSnorter]

We have a protective layer of skin being my thought.

The toxin is in irritant, it may not permeate to the blood, but It potentially could irritate the skin.