Review
Human beings will always have a fear of the unknown, the sea seems to swallow human beings at any time, and there are tens of millions of marine creatures, some fierce, bloodthirsty, some huge, like Tarzan. So who is the most fearsome creature in the ocean? Is it a megalodon? Whales? No! It is a barnacles that are spurned in the ocean.
The impact of barnacles on marine ecology is very deadly, although they do not have the characteristics of actively attacking humans, but look at how those powerful marine creatures in the eyes of humans have died and lived under the torture of barnacles, perhaps we understand the terrible features of barnacles.
Barnacles like to make their home on other creatures
Barnacles are the most common creatures of fishermen on the seashore, and they cannot survive on their own, but can only attach to other physical surfaces to reproduce. This attachment does not mean that barnacles rely on these objects to obtain survival nutrients, in fact, they just need a stable living space to avoid being swept away by the waves.
In fact, for humans, the taste of barnacles is still very good, and most seafood, barnacles are delicious meat, is a rare food for coastal fishermen; among them, the most compact barnacles can even be sold for a high price of 150 yuan per kilogram. Inland friends who want to eat these things can only spend money to buy, but coastal friends want to eat barnacles to relieve their hunger, take a bucket to the seaside stone and knock it.
Putting aside the human factor, the impact of barnacles on the natural environment is still very large, and this dense growth habit has a great impact; some barnacles like to parasitize on the stones of the seashore, but more barnacles like to parasitize the bottom of large tankers, parasitize whales and turtles; because their swimming speed is very slow, so that barnacles will not be washed away by the sea.
In general, barnacles go through three stages of growth, from arthropods to glandular larvae to final adults, and although the process is short, their growth also faces a high risk. Newborn barnacles are completely plankton, they have no control over their own lives, all by the waves of the ocean, until the barnacles encounter attachments, can start the next stage of life journey.
If it is a barnacles close to the sea, they can be washed onto the rocks by the waves, and the barnacles have the possibility of evolution; but if they are barnacles in the deep sea, they either use passing oil tankers or attach to whales and turtles.
After reaching the surface of the body of the marine organism, the adeno-larvae secrete a special kind of mucus that acts as a binder to hold it firmly to the surface of the object.
Barnacles are natural enemies of turtles and whales
The reason why barnacles are spurned by people is probably that it reproduces so fast that from individuals to thousands of groups, barnacles reproduce for only a few months. Every time a large cargo tanker goes to sea, it will find a large number of barnacles attached to the bottom of the ship when entering the harbor, and this barnacles cannot rely on the power of the tanker to move forward, and can only be cleaned up after the ship docks.
Key Sometimes too many barnacles accumulate at the bottom of the boat, and there is a risk of sailing on the side. But compared to the oil tanker, the most tragic is the whale, turtles and other marine life is miserable, if you encounter other parasites, you come to the whale to eat some meat, drink some blood, people do not care about the thick skin.
But this barnacles treat the whales as freehold property, and once they take root here, they are not going to leave, and soon the barnacles will be all over the whale's body, and the whales will not be able to expel this barnacles.
This property of fragmentation has caused great trouble to the whales, and the binder secreted by barnacles will firmly penetrate the flesh and blood of the whales, making the whales itch and feel unbearable. Everyone knows that whales often have water shooting scenes, that is, the method that whales use to remove barnacles from their bodies.
In addition to this, there are turtles, and barnacles are the natural enemies of turtles; for turtles, the infinitely multiplying barnacles on their bodies are like stubborn stones pressed on the shells of turtles. Turtles are not as powerful as whales and can jump high to clean barnacles with the impact of slapping the water; the barnacles on turtles will only increase, and they will not be able to clean themselves.
But turtles have to go ashore to breathe every once in a while, and the heavy pressure on their backs will drag down their speed of floating, and once the number of barnacles on their backs exceeds the limit, it will overwhelm the turtles and will no longer be able to float and breathe. The more slow-moving sea creatures like turtles are, the easier it is to attract barnacles.
I don't know if you have ever seen a video of a turtle floating near a human vessel and asking humans to help remove the barnacles on its back; although the video as a whole presents a warm scene, behind the warmth of this kind of man and nature is an old turtle that is tortured by barnacles. The turtle was at least lucky enough to meet a group of well-meaning humans who helped it clean up all the barnacles on its body, and there was little else there was any other way to clean up the barnacles on its body.
epilogue
Compared with humans, the living conditions of marine life are too harsh, and even those who look mighty on the outside may be suffering unknown disasters.
Barnacles are the nemesis of marine life, once it takes root, sea creatures do not have such flexible hands as humans, it is impossible to shake it off; and barnacles reproduce very fast, it is almost impossible to completely eliminate these marine killers, wildfires burn endlessly, spring wind blows and grows, and a little remnant will bring barnakers back to life.