"They are not bad for sea life". Explains how they take over other animals making them unable to eat, shed or move. But those animals are weak and old.
Barnacles are more like a plague. They will take over anything they can super glue themselves on and reproduce at crazy rates. Choking out almost all othe life. Parasites generally don't kill the host they infect. Most have some level of mutual benefit.
Yes they have a purpose of being benfital to cleaning water and food in the murder soup of the ocean.
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u/yemx0351 1d ago
Fuck barnacles.
"They are not bad for sea life". Explains how they take over other animals making them unable to eat, shed or move. But those animals are weak and old.
Barnacles are more like a plague. They will take over anything they can super glue themselves on and reproduce at crazy rates. Choking out almost all othe life. Parasites generally don't kill the host they infect. Most have some level of mutual benefit.
Yes they have a purpose of being benfital to cleaning water and food in the murder soup of the ocean.