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WTF of the day...

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 1:36 pm
by 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...

Re: WTF of the day...

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 2:51 pm
by 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

Re: WTF of the day...

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 3:59 pm
by Nik_SpeakerToCats
Ick...

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