A death at the beginning

You'll see from the cast of Biorbopolis that one of the hermit crabs we have is called Sebastian. Originally there were two Sebastians. At first we called them Sebastian 1 & 2, but we kept getting confused as to who was who so we ended up giving them surnames: Sebastian Teal and Sebastian Blanche, on account of the predominant colours of the shells they lived in.

Unfortunately, last Tuesday, Sebastian Teal died. We're not sure how or why. It's a bit of a whodunnit, with a few key suspects. I don't know when I last saw Sebastian Teal alive, but on Tuesday, I saw Salvador (the shrimp) swimming through the tank, carrying Sebastian's naked body, minus the shell. Maybe this was a funeral procession - an announcement to the population of Biorbopolis that their neighbour had died. Who knows. Maybe Salvador did the killing. Perhaps Sebastian looked like a nice lunch. It's still a mystery. All I can tell you is that Sebastian came out of his shell at some point in order to shed his exoskeleton and never made it back into his home. Can you imagine dying and then being paraded through the streets naked? Poor Sebastian. We removed him quickly - onto a piece of kitchen towel where a post mortem, with inconclusive results, took place. He had a bin burial.

So, you may hear mention of Sebastian Teal, now deceased, in future Biobopolis updates. For the time being he has not been replaced and we're monitoring the crabs closely, first to make sure they don't take the death too hard, and secondly with the awareness that the possible killer may still be at large. My money is on Oliver - he has a destructive way about him, but I don't want to point the finger of blame too soon.