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[–] Coopr8@kbin.earth 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Coopr8@kbin.earth 21 points 1 month ago

Meet my cousin Allonautilus scrobiculatus and his slimy shell. altr

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Too many legs

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hm, in the House, slimy and 4 legs

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Confirmed, Beethoven lives in that corner alone

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago

Also works for pedophiles

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Maybe a barnacle? diagram of a barnacle

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago
[–] guynamedzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What about no legs no slime house?

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

amputee boomer with good hygiene

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

One of those creepy soft shell turtles?

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

Or maybe a newborn turtle they hatch kinda slimy?

[–] gobble_ghoul@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago
[–] Corn@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Too many legs.

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I was thinking maybe some type of hermit crab but too many legs

[–] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Turtle covered in algae

[–] Ifera@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

Needs more slime.

[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

Smooth on the inside

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

I can’t even tell what I’m looking at. What a wonderful fucked up little creature.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago
[–] radix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Turtle with a runny nose.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Old_Jimmy_Twodicks@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, you're thinking of two knives.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah this is pretty great 🔪🔪

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I gotta be honest I got a lot more amusement out of this post than expected. Well played OP, well played

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

idk a scallop? a Nautilus?

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Sliggo, or some other pokemon

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Not enough slime

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

A sick turtle? (and then what is now turtle could change to tortoise, just to mess with people's heads)

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

A type of Jellyfish maybe? Internet says there are few with the right number of appendages.

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Armadillo. Has house, 4 legs, does sweat ("slime"(

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 points 4 weeks ago

So having a foot doesn't count as having a leg also?

[–] Paragone@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

A hagfish with prosthetic limbs & a condo?

: p

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Mollusks maybe?

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The circle in on the front, near the screen or on the back near the wall?