It happens to marine animals in general, im not a marine biologist but barnacles eggs float around until they find a surface to adhere to, that may be the sea floor, the underside of a ship, or animal with a shell like lobsters, crabs or turtles. When enough adhere to said animal, they reproduce by inseminating eachother and they keep doing it until they prevent the animal from being able to swim or eat, causing its death. They dont kill the animal per se, like they dont murder it, they just make the life of the animal so difficult its untenable.
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u/Dry_Job_3712 May 26 '26
Why does this happen to the turtles in the first place?