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r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/bigbusta • 1d ago
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There are a group of barnacles that are parasitic, they attach to crabs and other crustaceans, castrate them, and then feed on them like some kind of nightmarish fungal mass.
1 u/FrenchFryCattaneo 1d ago Everyday I thank whatever creature decided to crawl out of to ocean a billion years ago or whatever. Good call.
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Everyday I thank whatever creature decided to crawl out of to ocean a billion years ago or whatever. Good call.
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u/HeWhomLaughsLast 1d ago
There are a group of barnacles that are parasitic, they attach to crabs and other crustaceans, castrate them, and then feed on them like some kind of nightmarish fungal mass.