WTF of the day...

[Nik_SpeakerToCats]

Today, I learned that barnacles are not shell-fish, but marine crustacea.
Distant kin to krill, shrimp, prawns etc etc.

Juveniles do free-swimming etc crustacean sorta things, then settle down and grow a 'shell'.

Consider me gob-smacked...

[Nathan45]

I suspect even those who spent their entire lives studying barnacles were gob-smacked to find out that Sacculina is a barnacle as well.



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacculina

[Nik_SpeakerToCats]

Ick...

I shall mention this parasite to neighbour next time we have a 'discussion' about evolution...