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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Barnacle That Invades Crabs in a Not OK Way
This is one of the most disturbing and wildly complex parasitizations in the animal kingdom. By Matt Simon.
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“There the male changes form completely and becomes just a mass of cells,” says Glenner. “And actually it becomes a functional testicle, nothing more, and it’s nursed by the female. Then they are united for life.”
I'm speechless.
I think I was in denial that this would gross me out.......
I really find parasites fascinating, creepy and disturbing..This one was quite complicated. I wonder if people have eaten crabs with this thing in them.
The ocean is so awesome. Everything evolved to better kill something else.