Comment on I mean honestly im shocked

gustofwind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Same!

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  • gustofwind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even barnacles get worse

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizocephala

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    • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Am I understanding that article right? Not only is the female a parasite on a different crustacean and loses all its libs and organs until it is just a sac with tendrils snaking through its host; but the male also attaches to the female and loses all its limbs and organs until it is just a set of gonads? That’s the weirdest fucking lifecycle I’ve ever heard of.

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      • Photonic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit

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    • Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The immobile crustacean is a parasite to the mobile crustacean!

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    • prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The females are parasites who inject themselves into a host and take over their bodies through a network of filaments, while the males are hyperparasites who inject themselves into a settled female and cease to exist as independent organisms through the degeneration of all tissues except the ones responsible for spermatogenesis.

      Metal AF

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    • tacosanonymous@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hey babe, new Last of Us dropped.

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    • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Life never stops amazing me, even if some things come out of the mind of a author of b-horror movie scripts.

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• bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You’re not alone. Barnacles drove Darwin mad! youtu.be/plYuvU2VZkE

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• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wait till you find out about the barnacle penis. You will still not be prepared.

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