Field guide No. 840

A heap of orange crab shells steams on a metal counter. The kitchen has shut, but the shells have not received the memo.

Breathing shells after closing

Closing time is still steaming

A heap of orange crab shells steams on a metal counter. The kitchen has shut, but the shells have not received the memo.

Field noteLiving shellfish can breathe on a counter after closing. The market has kept one customer.

Specimen
No. 840
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
A stainless seafood counter.
Nearest existing relative
A heap of shellfish.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Objects

Also possible, also breaking physics