May 18th, 2022 at 10:11PM
bogleech: “bogleech: “Another museum model I’d love to own, this is what’s inside a barnacle, my favorite crustaceans! Look at that little cutie, like an alien space baby! Isn’t it just delightful how its whole body forms a little house with a...

bogleech:

bogleech:

Another museum model I’d love to own, this is what’s inside a barnacle, my favorite crustaceans! Look at that little cutie, like an alien space baby! Isn’t it just delightful how its whole body forms a little house with a smaller body inside? Its digestive tract is like the plumbing!


I wrote extensively on barnacle biology here!

Bringing this back because some of you have no idea I bet. No idea that this animal lives in a volcano made from just the top of its head.

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    Everybody is more interesting under their shells, but the Barnacle takes that concept to the max.
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    These are the things that grow on whales? Or is that something else
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7,151 notes #oooooh and they kick their feet out to catch plankton! and they have the highest penis:body size ratio of any animal
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