The hermit crab scuttled merrily around its holographic enclosure, to general acclaim and applause from the members of the club.

“It looks so lifelike!” said Nex. “How did you manage it! My holographic axolotl is nowhere near as good.”

“Well, I started with video footage. There’s not a lot left, but combined with descriptions I was able to work out a pretty good pseudorandom algorithm.”

“What about the eating behavior?” Zak asked.

“I looked in the genetics database and analyzed a few peptides. It was a best guess, but I think it was pretty close.”

“Yeah,” Nex agreed. “Very close. Considering they’ve been extinct for a hundred years, it’s definitely the best holographic animal so far.”

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