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Number ONE reason why I don& #39;t want to live in the ocean: BARNACLES.
They live on EVERYTHING! Here are some called Anelasma THAT ONLY LIVE ON SHARKS. There are whale barnacles, dolphin barnacles, fish barnacles. TOO MANY BARNACLES...
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They live on EVERYTHING! Here are some called Anelasma THAT ONLY LIVE ON SHARKS. There are whale barnacles, dolphin barnacles, fish barnacles. TOO MANY BARNACLES...
Not seen on #SharkWeek!
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Shark barnacles, I kid you not, "retard
the development of gonads in infected squaloid sharks." AKA effectively CASTRATE SHARKS THEY& #39;RE ATTACHED TO. Like, "no growing up for you. your body is MINE"
Study: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1023/A:1007649227422.pdf">https://link.springer.com/content/p...
the development of gonads in infected squaloid sharks." AKA effectively CASTRATE SHARKS THEY& #39;RE ATTACHED TO. Like, "no growing up for you. your body is MINE"
Study: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1023/A:1007649227422.pdf">https://link.springer.com/content/p...
And don& #39;t get me started on DOLPHIN BARNACLES! LOOK AT THESE THINGS! Just hanging there like little bits of goo! GAHHH! AND they punch holes in the dolphin& #39;s skin: NO!
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Pic and article: https://phys.org/news/2015-06-barnacles-home-dolphin-fins.html">https://phys.org/news/2015...
Look at all these dangly barnacles just hanging out of the backs of these dolphins! They look so obnoxious!
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I mean, have you ever thought about whales as just giant barnacle islands. Because that& #39;s kind of what& #39;s happening and I would not be cool with that!
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THERE ARE EVEN TURTLE BARNACLES. Whole species of barnacles that only live on turtles. Barnacles, you see, actually run everything. The ocean is actually just a bunch of stuff barnacles can live on.
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Realistic mermaids would have barnacles. It& #39;s inevitable. And that& #39;s why being a real mermaid wouldn& #39;t be that fun. Because if there& #39;s a place on your body you cannot reach, a barnacle will grow there. Jerks.
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(Also: apologies. I feel like this thread should& #39;ve had a content warning. As a marine biologist, I& #39;ve learned to live with the reality that is BARNACLES, I& #39;ve become numb to their terror. BUT, if you& #39;re into it, here is the worst barnacle of them all...) https://jellybiologist.com/2018/10/31/this-may-be-the-oceans-most-horrifying-monster-and-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it/">https://jellybiologist.com/2018/10/3...
And after that, here is a thread of beautiful ocean animals with ZERO scary things. https://twitter.com/RebeccaRHelm/status/1248787599495397377">https://twitter.com/RebeccaRH...
