The Crawler Zoo

Gate count · since midnight · live

430,518

automata have let themselves in today. Admission was free. Nobody bought a ticket.

Respected robots.txt1,774

Read it, broke it anyway405,993

Ignored it entirely19,542

No robots.txt record yet2,865

Caught in the trap533

New species recorded55

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Unclassified automaton15:01:58 · Feral PitSlackbot15:01:58 · Petting Zoocurl15:01:57 · Feral PitUnclassified automaton15:01:56 · Feral PitSlackbot15:01:55 · Petting Zoocurl15:01:55 · Feral PitMasked visitor15:01:55 · Feral Pit

Plan of the Grounds

Enclosures surveyed from today's traffic. Not to scale. Select one to meet its residents.

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Search Engine Savanna10 species · 1,573 visits todayGooglebotarchive.org\_botYandexBotBingbotGoogleOtherThe AI Aviary14 species · 745 visits todayChatGPT-UserClaudeBotMeta-ExternalAgentClaude-UserLink-Preview Petting Zoo15 species · 20,240 visits todaySEO Swamp8 species · 706 visits todayAhrefsBotSerpstatBotMJ12botDotBotSemrushBotThe Feral PitDo not feed. Do not make eye contact.

Main GateYou are here

Human visitors today: 121,015. Outnumbered four to one.

Staff door: The Trap Room →

Plate CCLXXVII.Bot of the Day4 October 2026

Fig. 10x561E9F01

Adult specimen, drawn from the hash of its user-agent token. It will look exactly like this every time it visits.

Common name

YouBot

Tu quaerens

KingdomAutomataPhylumHTTPOrderCrawlersFamilyAI ScrapersSpeciesYouBot

Temperament: personable. Introduces itself as "You". Conversations get confusing.

Conservation status

RR Respects robots.txt

SO Selectively obedient

FE Feral

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Operated by You.comSeen today: 0This week: 30Resident since 03 Oct 2026

Accession Register

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Every arrival is catalogued on receipt. Cards are filed newest first.

Unclassified automatonIncertae sedisGET /trap/r/… · Feral Pit№ 62,17515:01:58CAUGHTSlackbotSlackia nuntiaGET /trap/r/… · Petting Zoo№ 62,17415:01:58CAUGHTcurlCurlus vulgarisGET /trap/r/… · Feral Pit№ 62,17315:01:57CAUGHTUnclassified automatonIncertae sedisGET /trap/r/… · Feral Pit№ 62,17215:01:56CAUGHTSlackbotSlackia nuntiaGET /trap/r/… · Petting Zoo№ 62,17115:01:55CAUGHTcurlCurlus vulgarisGET /trap/r/… · Feral Pit№ 62,17015:01:55CAUGHTMasked visitorHomo simulatusGET /og/home.png · Feral Pit№ 62,16915:01:55MOSTLYUnclassified automatonIncertae sedisGET /trap/r/… · Feral Pit№ 62,16815:01:54CAUGHT

SlackbotSlackia nuntiaGET /trap/r/… · Petting Zoo№ 62,16715:01:54CAUGHTcurlCurlus vulgarisGET /trap/r/… · Feral Pit№ 62,16615:01:53CAUGHTUnclassified automatonIncertae sedisGET /trap/r/… · Feral Pit№ 62,16515:01:52CAUGHT