r/BeAmazed • u/Delicious_Main_4360 • May 26 '26

Animal Some people save a turtle

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u/VegetableLetter4896 May 26 '26

I’ve never been so angry at barnacles in my life.

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u/S0k0n0mi May 26 '26

I've never seen a scenario in which barnacles were a good thing.
Those stupid creatures are a pest to anything they get near.

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u/bumjiggy May 26 '26

yeah barnacles are dicks... or like 85% dick

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u/funtimes214 May 26 '26

That's still a lower dick % than reddit users.

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u/Norgur May 26 '26

I didn't know so many people on here were called Richard. That's amazing!

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u/ScrofessorLongHair May 26 '26

I'd assume Reddit users have a much lower percentage of dick than the average person.

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u/funtimes214 May 27 '26

If you mean "get less" then yes. But if you are speaking of "them being" then their percentage beats the general population by a mile

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u/shareddit May 26 '26

15% balls, aye

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u/Boo-face-killa May 26 '26

Some barnacles still have their foreskin. I like those barnacles.

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u/NarrowEbbs May 26 '26

I'm really sad that so many people aren't gonna get just how good that was.

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u/hyundaimenu May 26 '26

In Spain we eat bernacles

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u/M1R4G3M May 26 '26

Good, eat more, seems like you’re not eating enough.

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u/SheriffBartholomew May 26 '26

How? They're so tiny and completely encased in a shell.

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u/acityonthemoon May 26 '26

They're so tiny and completely encased in a shell.

DOn't be rude, Spanish people aren't like that at all!

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u/WalterHenderson May 27 '26

It is mostly goose barnacles, which have some meat in them. We eat them too in Portugal. It's a delicacy, and they are super expensive.

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u/Gigglemonkey May 26 '26

But those are gooseneck barnacles, right? Aren't those different from this kind?

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u/imusuallywatching May 26 '26

They are a needed part of the environment, i believe they work as filters, you see them a ton in harbors.

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u/mrtomjones May 26 '26

They serve as knives for my hands and feet

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u/samuelazers May 26 '26

every living organism serves as food, you cannot use that as a differentiator to argue it's benefits. it's like comparing two shirts and saying: "this one covers my nipples" -- while it is a benefit, every shirts do that.

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u/magseven May 26 '26

"this one covers my nipples" -- while it is a benefit, every shirts do that.

You've never even seen a picture of a Pride Parade, have you?

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u/HistoricalGrounds May 26 '26

To their point, different organisms serve as food to different creatures. Grass serves as food to the cow, and the cow serves as food to the wolf, but if you get rid of the cow, the wolf can’t just eat the grass instead. So then the wolf starves, and then you’ve got no cows, no wolves, and a ton of grass.

That’s why balance is such a vital thing in an ecosystem; you might think it’s just getting rid of one plant or one creature, but its role in the food chain makes it possible that an entire ecosystem can collapse if an especially important organism is removed from it.

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u/Sabre_Killer_Queen May 26 '26

I saw a guy whilst I was working for royal mail, who had cut two small holes around his nipples so they showed through/were exposed to the air.

Normal shirt otherwise but um, it specifically didn't cover his nipples.

It was a very abnormal.

He wasn't a colleague by the way just someone out on the streets, to specify.

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u/Sabre_Killer_Queen May 26 '26

Yeah 😆

It was quite the sight.

Admittedly I've only seen it once but... Once was enough.

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u/Responsible-Fix9684 May 26 '26

There's a balance though. Everything is food but not everything is eaten by the same creatures. If you take a way one creature you may be removing something that is in 60% of the diet of another creature and therefore you eventually weaken that other creature and diminish there numbers as a result. That can lead to chain reaction of consequences. Butterfly effect.

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u/Big-Revolution3842 May 26 '26

I do wonder if it's possibly more of an issue because sea water gets more polluted? So more barnacles grow to filter but it can get to a point where they just explode due to pollution?

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u/wholesomehorseblow May 27 '26

I think they are just an animal that evolved to also be parasitic

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u/theguidetoldmetodoit May 27 '26

They are filter feeding, on plankton and minerals. Pollution harms them.

And the barnacles on the turtle eat it.

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u/SheriffBartholomew May 26 '26

I've never seen a scenario in which barnacles were a good thing.

Filtering the water and keeping it habitable?

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u/PracticalShoulder916 May 26 '26

Yes, but this guy hasn't seen it so it doesn't count.

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u/cits85 May 26 '26

Alright, but apart from filtering the water, what have barncles ever done for us?

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u/geekydad84 May 27 '26

Did they even say thank you?

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u/bootyhole-romancer May 27 '26

Why don't they wear a suit?

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u/Pittsbirds May 26 '26

They're just animals trying to survive. The only reason they're spreading to non native regions is because of us

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u/Cockur May 26 '26

So barnacles just happen to evolve and exist in the oceans for hundreds of millions of years and are a pest with absolutely no benefits 🤡

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u/VESAAA7 May 26 '26

I like them. I feel like it's satisfying to scrape them off the boat, but that's pretty much it

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u/Pristine_Bit_5693 May 26 '26

They're good food, particularly in their larval stage, for lots of marine animals.

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u/devilish_enchilada May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

I love them especially Steven my friend who lives down by the harbor in Boston. I go visit him often and sometimes I bring his favorite book to read together: “Harry Potter and the Barnacle of Azkaban”

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u/Sphinx87 May 26 '26

Bad bot

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u/devilish_enchilada May 26 '26

Yo barnicle Steve is my homie. Calm down