My dad will periodically come by and do a “has my daughter gone insane” inspection and today I failed the inspection because I have an educational tank of crabs in my kitchen.

I would like to learn from the crab tank, is it accepting new students?

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Whereas if my daughter did that, I’d consider it a parenting win! (She’s a zookeeper, by profession.)

The answer ultimately depends on who is being educated by whom

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Carcinization even affects sanity!

Me pressing my head to the glass: "Oh wise crabs of the tank, what wisdom do you wish to share?" "To live is a shellfish afair. Every breath is spent cracking your world open to claw out what life has in store for you."

Differing definitions of “sane” can be a point of contention, for sure. (I don’t have reason for a work tank of crabs and I’m a little sad.) (We’re introducing the in-laws to our salmon naturalist work today, that’ll be fun.)

Are you teaching the crabs to cook?

My mom used to teach medical imaging, and would make very odd batches of jello (with embedded pork kidneys or other organs) for her students to practice on. Our fridge would be full of containers of forbidden jello.