In the previous issue, it was said that barnacles do not absorb nutrients from the host, but if barnacles do not absorb nutrients from the host, then why do we say that barnacles kill whales and turtles? Listening to me below, it turns out that as barnacles continue to grow on whales and turtles, they have become a large piece of it, densely packed, even if people look at it very uncomfortable, if there is a dense phobia, it is even more unwatchable.
A barnacles that inhabit the backs of turtles
It has become a barnacles community on whales
With the continuous growth of barnacles, a large number of parasites will make marine organisms consume a lot of nutrients when swimming, it is very difficult to hunt prey and avoid predators, and some barnacles grow in a very peculiar position, because barnacles cannot be moved after they grow up, so when they choose a shelter, they will choose a place where the water flow in the abdomen is very slow and the food is very rich, it is best to have a little wrinkle, and the whale is more in line with this condition, that is, on the genitals. And turtles, barnacles will parasitize on their shells causing their own body can not be removed at all, serious words will parasitize on their heads, although the vine tiger can not move when they grow up, but in their small time can swim like small fish and shrimp, but unlike small shrimp and small fish, barnacles have a clear destination, when they successfully parasitize on whales and returnees, and determine that they meet the living environment, they will secrete mucus, begin to bond, and then the later period will be directly inserted into their skin, In addition to this method of parasitism, there is another way to wait, because whales and turtles have different breeding periods throughout the year, and they will use the breeding period of whales and turtles to colonize themselves on their bodies.
Once a dead whale's genitals, but also full of barnacles, in fact, we often saw in some programs before, in the sea swimming whales, there will be some gray-white spots, in fact, those spots are the barnacles once parasitic traces, but because when the whales are popular and collide, they are thrown off the body, but the whales can get rid of the barnacles are still relatively few, And this is also because those barnacles grow in some parts of the fish to get rid of the aforementioned barnacles that grow around the whale's genitals and grow on turtles are basically difficult to get rid of, in fact, humans want to help them, must be deep
Barnacles that grow around whale genitalia are even more difficult to get rid of, and if humans want to help them get rid of these barnacles, they must treat the parasite's body in the form of scraping meat, so that these barnacles can be removed.
For marine life and the same kind, barnacles this type of organism is a major disaster, and for human beings, there is also a huge threat, because, barnacles will bring huge disasters and hidden dangers to some ships and offshore platforms, if barnacles live on the body of the ship, it will make the ship suffer from very serious resistance in navigation, serious may lead to the overturning of some platforms, until now, the way to deal with barnacles is only self-discipline, but can not be prevented, some of the means of governance is to use physical, chemical and biological three means. So barnacles are a very nasty creature, and for fishermen, barnacles cause them more pain, because they will parasitize fishermen's boats, oars and some pipes, so that fishermen have to spend a lot of money to clean them up, plus their fertility is more widely distributed, so this harm is even greater.
Now some of the more experienced fishermen have begun to brush some things on the hull to resist barnacles, but these things will cause some pollution to the ocean, so now looking for non-toxic paint, but also a barrier that modern science needs to overcome, copper pots may even grow in the wounds of human injuries, although this possibility is relatively low, but there is really this situation, if you encounter a small turtle, he has a barnacles on his body, parasitism, I hope you can help them clean up, Therefore, we must love the marine environment and protect the clean world that we all have.