The new unknown japanese (style?) animals in my zoo

I got from blackdanter this phantastic lot of animal figurines- thank you  

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Fantastic gems !!!! Congratulations, Andreas  

It is incredible the beautyful models that come from Japan  

Thank you Susanne:-)

Those are beautiful! Can you post photos of then out of their plastic bags?
I'm curious about the marine mammals <3

I love the yasha goby/pistol shrimp pair in the first photo!  

That is not only a fantastic model but an incredible symbiotic relationship between two types of animals!  The shrimp are almost blind (even though in the model it shows him as having fully formed eyes in life they do not, if they have eyes at all they are vestigial) but the goby can see very well, the goby needs a place to hide from predators, so the two have formed a friendship, the shrimp constantly touches the goby with it's very long front antenna and when a predator comes it warns the blind shrimp and both hide in the burrow dug by the shrimp.  The goby also can see any food that comes near the entrance of the burrow and shares any food it gets with its burrow digging friend!

Wonderful additions, congrats!

Many many thanks friends   

@Nightlioness, yes it is possible and i will share pics soon  

Philter4 wrote:

I love the yasha goby/pistol shrimp pair in the first photo!  

That is not only a fantastic model but an incredible symbiotic relationship between two types of animals!  The shrimp are almost blind (even though in the model it shows him as having fully formed eyes in life they do not, if they have eyes at all they are vestigial) but the goby can see very well, the goby needs a place to hide from predators, so the two have formed a friendship, the shrimp constantly touches the goby with it's very long front antenna and when a predator comes it warns the blind shrimp and both hide in the burrow dug by the shrimp.  The goby also can see any food that comes near the entrance of the burrow and shares any food it gets with its burrow digging friend!

Many many thanks my friend. I search in the internet but i dont find anything. Now i know the specie names              

Congratulations Andreas!!!

Philter4 wrote:

I love the yasha goby/pistol shrimp pair in the first photo!  

That is not only a fantastic model but an incredible symbiotic relationship between two types of animals!  The shrimp are almost blind (even though in the model it shows him as having fully formed eyes in life they do not, if they have eyes at all they are vestigial) but the goby can see very well, the goby needs a place to hide from predators, so the two have formed a friendship, the shrimp constantly touches the goby with it's very long front antenna and when a predator comes it warns the blind shrimp and both hide in the burrow dug by the shrimp.  The goby also can see any food that comes near the entrance of the burrow and shares any food it gets with its burrow digging friend!

That's very interesting! Thank you for writing this Phil.

Thank you Anna   

As usual - very special ones! Very nice, Andreas! 

Thank you Yvette  

Thanks for sharing this lot of unusual animals.  

Japan brings many animals to our collections.

Thank you Fernando:-)

widukind wrote:

Many many thanks friends   

@Nightlioness, yes it is possible and i will share pics soon  

       

Oh! I have belugas too! The seller said that these figures "were intended for sale at some Japanese aquarium attraction as some are named in Japanese and some are labelled 'Another Aquarium' which would indicate that these are the demo pieces." (c)
And I very want to get the orca with calf.
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Very interesting :). I will look if i have the orca :)

They really are brilliant! I like the symbiotic figurine:)

Thanks :)

widukind wrote:

I got from blackdanter this phantastic lot of animal figurines- thank you  

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this snapping shrimp/goby combination is by a company called For Corporation (yes, that's their name). I had Brett order me one through is contact but it looks like it may have gotten lost in mail while in Japan! Boo.

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widukind wrote:

I got from blackdanter this phantastic lot of animal figurines- thank you  

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this snapping shrimp/goby combination is by a company called For Corporation (yes, that's their name). I had Brett order me one through is contact but it looks like it may have gotten lost in mail while in Japan! Boo.

Thanks, interesting information :)

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