"Crabs Home Store" is an interesting small business out of Jiangsu China that sells internationally over aliexpress.
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@Bfordham @futurebird a big business ant is probably a honeypot.
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IDK.
I've mostly interacted with ant people on aliexpress. There are a lot of small businesses that make ant nests, ant keeping supplies etc.
They are very friendly, and some are pretty serious about insect conservation although they are hobbyists.
But also they don't sell ants, just things to keep them as pets.
@futurebird before i jump into post history to check, have you posted info about these small ant people
i saw an ant waterer thingie on aliexpress the first time i was ever ordering anything through it and i had to get it
i crave looking at the ant things. the isopod things.
i have enough little guys to take care of right now but what am i if not a collection of dreams made sentient -
@futurebird before i jump into post history to check, have you posted info about these small ant people
i saw an ant waterer thingie on aliexpress the first time i was ever ordering anything through it and i had to get it
i crave looking at the ant things. the isopod things.
i have enough little guys to take care of right now but what am i if not a collection of dreams made sentientI haven't! It's been a few years.
Here is one store (I have not shopped with them, but by looking at related listings you'll find more there are like a dozen. Many are also "pet shops" so don't be alarmed if you find they sell things for cats and dogs too. )
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People call aliexpress "Chinese Amazon" but it's not really like amazon at all... it's like amazon+etsy+ebay in some ways.
@futurebird I remember what their translation service used to be around 2016. Got somewhat proficient in the careful wording that the machine would understand. But I mostly only bought electronic parts on AliExpress, so my skils probably don't transfer into your field, and I haven't bought anything from it for years, since before the LLM revolution, which has probably led to an overhaul of AliBaba's translating machine, and might have made my old experience with the old machine obsolete as well.
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@futurebird I remember what their translation service used to be around 2016. Got somewhat proficient in the careful wording that the machine would understand. But I mostly only bought electronic parts on AliExpress, so my skils probably don't transfer into your field, and I haven't bought anything from it for years, since before the LLM revolution, which has probably led to an overhaul of AliBaba's translating machine, and might have made my old experience with the old machine obsolete as well.
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@futurebird I remember what their translation service used to be around 2016. Got somewhat proficient in the careful wording that the machine would understand. But I mostly only bought electronic parts on AliExpress, so my skils probably don't transfer into your field, and I haven't bought anything from it for years, since before the LLM revolution, which has probably led to an overhaul of AliBaba's translating machine, and might have made my old experience with the old machine obsolete as well.
The current problem is I can't tell when someone is using machine translation sometimes... so I always just ask (and of course I send my messages in both languages and the Chinese clearly labeled as "machine translated" )
Which can make some people who know English annoyed... but I need to know. A person can send you this very clear-sounding text but it's not saying what they think.
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"Crabs Home Store" is an interesting small business out of Jiangsu China that sells internationally over aliexpress. (There are a surprising range of crafts and art on aliexpress if you know how to find them under all the plastic junk.)
They do crab taxidermy it's amazing to look at. I'm very thankful I'm not as interested in crabs as ants or this place would be very dangerous for my wallet.
I was just not aware of the concept of crab taxidermy. But it seems like it's a fairly developed art. A little creepy for my tastes, but I can see the appeal.
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"Crabs Home Store" is an interesting small business out of Jiangsu China that sells internationally over aliexpress. (There are a surprising range of crafts and art on aliexpress if you know how to find them under all the plastic junk.)
They do crab taxidermy it's amazing to look at. I'm very thankful I'm not as interested in crabs as ants or this place would be very dangerous for my wallet.
@futurebird
I'm guessing ant taxidermy isn't really a thing.*or, at least, not a very big thing
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I was just not aware of the concept of crab taxidermy. But it seems like it's a fairly developed art. A little creepy for my tastes, but I can see the appeal.
@futurebird I will admit that my initial read of "crab taxidermy" had the crabs performing the taxidermy, which was alarmingly creepy to contemplate.
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@futurebird
I'm guessing ant taxidermy isn't really a thing.*or, at least, not a very big thing
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@futurebird I will admit that my initial read of "crab taxidermy" had the crabs performing the taxidermy, which was alarmingly creepy to contemplate.
You know they'd be good at it though!
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"Crabs Home Store" is an interesting small business out of Jiangsu China that sells internationally over aliexpress. (There are a surprising range of crafts and art on aliexpress if you know how to find them under all the plastic junk.)
They do crab taxidermy it's amazing to look at. I'm very thankful I'm not as interested in crabs as ants or this place would be very dangerous for my wallet.
@futurebird *grump* with the name Crabs Home Store they should have things like closet organizers and shower curtains for crabs.
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@futurebird *grump* with the name Crabs Home Store they should have things like closet organizers and shower curtains for crabs.
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I was just not aware of the concept of crab taxidermy. But it seems like it's a fairly developed art. A little creepy for my tastes, but I can see the appeal.
@futurebird Taxidermy on an animal with an exoskeleton is like playing tennis without a net.
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@futurebird Taxidermy on an animal with an exoskeleton is like playing tennis without a net.
You might think but look at this:
The sheen on the shell, the color, those aren't just natural to a dead crab shell.
And most important the life like eyes, which are made of resin to mimic what the living crab/lobster would look like.
This is an artform.
It's subtle, but amazing.
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@futurebird
I'm guessing ant taxidermy isn't really a thing.*or, at least, not a very big thing
@Gorfram @futurebird isn't that just pinning? -
@Gorfram @futurebird isn't that just pinning?
Pinning is about having a sample of a species so you can compare new bugs against it and put it under a microscope and stuff.
Pinned insects often look very sad. Their eye look dead because the fluid in them is gone (but the facets remain)
I guess that's why the crabs are kind of fascinating. It's like if pinning could preserve what an ant really looked like when alive.
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I was just not aware of the concept of crab taxidermy. But it seems like it's a fairly developed art. A little creepy for my tastes, but I can see the appeal.
@futurebird waiting for the combined crab taxidermy + robotics club tournament, where reanimated robot crabs fight each other
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You might think but look at this:
The sheen on the shell, the color, those aren't just natural to a dead crab shell.
And most important the life like eyes, which are made of resin to mimic what the living crab/lobster would look like.
This is an artform.
It's subtle, but amazing.
