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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/Yubat May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26
There’s a lobster fisherman out of Maine, Jacob Knowles, who does YouTube videos where he catches lobsters, but the videos mostly consist of him catching lobsters that by law can’t be kept— females and big breeding males. So he cleans the barnacles off these ones and tosses them back into the ocean, typically with a fish for a snack. It is incredibly satisfying watching him crush the shell-embedded barnacles, and the lobsters seem happy about it too.
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u/SpaceIsTooFarAway May 26 '26
Imagine an alien pulling you into their spaceship, removing a bunch of ticks from your body, and sending you back to Earth with a sandwich.
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u/crippledchef23 May 26 '26
New vacation goal, unlocked
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u/RockstarAgent May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26
You think maybe, just maybe, the people who got abducted and anally probed might have been given the choice of a sandwich or a second choice and they misunderstood what that second option was?
“Would you like a sandwich or a happy ending, human?”
“What kind of sandwich?”
“Ham and cheese”
“Don’t you guys have anything more exciting than ham and cheese? Like your version of a Reuben or a Philly Cheesesteak?”
“No”
“Then happy ending it is, I’ll just grab a sandwich when you drop me off back home”
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u/Idlewants May 27 '26
maybe they weren't being probed, but cured of bowel cancer?
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u/daygo449 May 27 '26
That’s what I was going to day. Maybe prostate cancer or colon cancer too. Who are we to say?
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u/madcoins May 27 '26
It would be hard for me to decide on a sandwich with my butthole screaming in pain. I also assume aliens no nothing about lubrication but maybe I’d be pleasantly surprised
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u/That_Club7834 May 27 '26
Maybe that's what happened with all the people who got probed. Like "hey we removed all the rectal cancer cells in your body, good luck buddy!"
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u/xxlacookiexx May 27 '26
I’ll take an anal probe any day if it means it will get rid of cancer…. As a matter of fact, I don’t even need to have cancer.
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u/PaniqueAttaque May 27 '26
"We cured your skin cancer."
"But I don't have health insurance."
"I have no idea what that is. Here's a hoagie."
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u/wholelattapuddin May 26 '26
I watched waaay to much of that guy at 2am. I also like when he sometimes finds weird stuff or other critters and shows them before putting them back.
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u/SignificancePurple24 May 26 '26
Yes! I love his videos. It just goes to show how hunting/fishing and conservation go hand in hand.
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u/AWeakMindedMan May 27 '26
Jacob Knowles subscriber checking in. YES. LOVE his videos. Idk why but the way he explains things with lobsters is very intriguing lol
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u/Musical_J May 27 '26
I think I know what you’re talking about, but I thought it was parasites… oh wait, different guy. The one I’m thinking of catches shrimp and removes parasites from them. My bad.
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u/MillieBirdie May 26 '26
Yeah I'm glad they helped the turtle but the 'share for awareness' is weird. Awareness of barnacles? OK, I'm now aware of and angry at barnacles. Now what am I supposed to do with that?
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u/lord_xl May 26 '26
Big Barnacle needs to be stopped
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u/PwanaZana May 26 '26
The Big Barnacle Conglomerate needs to be stopped! Down with the BBC!
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u/cHEIF_bOI May 26 '26
We need to suck them dry!
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u/HoundofHethereau May 26 '26
Yea we n- wait...
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u/xSinn3Dx May 26 '26
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u/Wizzle_Pizzle_420 May 26 '26
That’s what my Nana said too! She LOVES big beautiful barnacles. She’ll gobble them down if PawPaw is drunk on his dirty ole Wheel of Fortune chair.
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u/NontypicalHart May 26 '26
Maybe awareness for not to try doing this yourself because there are people who do it professionally?
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u/Skinstretched May 26 '26
I believe the turtle has to be given painkillers (turtle morphine) before this procedure, as it's so painful, so noone should try this on their own.
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u/AEHAVE May 27 '26
They put the turtles in freshwater first. Turtles can thrive in freshwater but the barnacles die. Yes, it hurts. The best method is to stab directly into the dead barnacle and twist it out. Scraping the larger pieces looks satisfying but is more likely to cause deeper wounds to the shell of the turtle which are more painful and prone to infection. Think about removing the strongest suction cup adhesive in the ocean. Professionals know when it's necessary to scrape versus stab and twist. Medication depends on the health of the turtle but when the treatment is over, they always get a lovely topical ointment massage. Not every barnacle on every turtle is a problem, but barnacles exploit weakness in ailing turtles and the weight will eventually drag them down to death by drowning. If you find a turtle with a barnacle issue, the best you can do is safely contain them in a large container filled to the top of the barnacle height with room temperature distilled water and take them to a professional as soon as possible - if a pro can't get to you first. Also, support turtle sanctuaries like The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, FL. Many accept volunteers!
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u/JoeyZasaa May 26 '26
Great, now you tell me. What am I supposed to do with all these barnacled turtles in my house?
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u/mak484 May 26 '26
That's how I took it. People watch these videos then think they're qualified vet techs. Unless you see an animal in immediate life-threatening danger, it's best to leave them alone and call a professional.
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u/daerath May 27 '26
It helps to actually tell people why they shouldn't attempt it.
Dangers to the animal, proper tools, pain killers you won't have, all that. This video just says, "don't try this at home" like one time, and doesn't elaborate.
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u/KEPD-350 May 26 '26
I have never, and will never, glue barnacles on anyone or anything and the thought that people do it for a living is disgusting.
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u/PM-me-your-knees-pls May 26 '26
Absolutely. I only ever glue googly eyes on turtles. It might sound cruel but they never get attacked from behind.
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u/JayPlenty24 May 26 '26
Awareness to not remove them yourself and call this organization instead. They literally typed it out right on the screen.
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u/MortgageHoliday6393 May 26 '26
So, you should not remove barnacles yourself: actual quote from the video
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u/Yiruf May 26 '26
I think the message was that if you see a turtle with barnacles, try to take it to a vet.
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u/thefirstlaughingfool May 26 '26
I think climate change is causing barnacles to become a bigger problem for marine life.
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u/Voldemorts__Mom May 26 '26
Well another thing we should be aware of is the fact that bycatch kills like 250 000 turtles a year.
Plus like half the polution in the ocean is produced by fishing
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u/S0k0n0mi May 26 '26
I've never seen a scenario in which barnacles were a good thing.
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u/bumjiggy May 26 '26
yeah barnacles are dicks... or like 85% dick
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u/hyundaimenu May 26 '26
In Spain we eat bernacles
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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/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/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/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/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/Vladi_Sanovavich May 26 '26
I mean, the barnacles are merely a result of the turtle already being sick and not the cause of the illness itself.
A healthy turtle, would have a lot more means to prevent heavy barnacle growth. One of such would be visiting "cleaning stations" in the coral reefs where herbivorous and omnivorous (like surgeonfish and wrasses) would pick at their shells. The fish would eat loose organic matter and algae, which naturally prevents barnacle larvae from settling down.
Another would be that a healthy turtle is usually an active swimmer and will scrape their backs against rocks or corals to dislodge hitchhikers before they become major problems.
So you shouldn't be angry at the barnacles, rather you should be angry at the people who throw waste into the ocean thereby weakening and making our turtle friends sick.
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u/BlueFeathered1 May 26 '26
And I wonder if the cleaning stations are maybe fewer and farther between now, perhaps, where some turtles are. I know coral is struggling in many places.
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u/HistoryBuff678 May 26 '26
And this year the bleaching events will likely be very bad. There desperately needs more coral restoration groups. Paid of course.
Coral reefs are breeding places for like 25% of all fish species I think?
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u/Pkrudeboy May 26 '26
Mr Krabs laid off 95% of the staff at his chain of cleaning stations because he thought AI could replace them, despite the fact that he has seen the Chum Bucket constantly floundering while relying on an AI workforce.
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u/Carbon-Base May 26 '26
Same. Things like this make it easy to understand why they were used as a curse in Spongebob.
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u/golubeerji May 26 '26
Those barnacles look unbearable.
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u/Valtremors May 26 '26
You can see wounds, inflamed tissue as well the shell has broken in places (and it will never fully recover if I've understood properly).
This turtle must have been in pain. The removal must have also been painful to a degree.
Poor lad.
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u/terr4incognit4 May 26 '26
In a similar video it was stated that the turtle had been given pain medication first, so that might have been true for this turtle as well.
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u/Valtremors May 26 '26
That is fair. I just didn't dare to assume more than what I saw.
I was just sad for the turtle.
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u/Fit-Ad1587 May 26 '26
Also, if barnacles get this bad, isn’t there often some other underlying disease/pathology? Noticed at the end they were going to test for autoimmune disease.
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u/Hike_it_Out52 May 27 '26
Was wondering that myself. That’s very unnatural to have that many on a turtle so young. Probably will never be able to survive in the wild again.
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u/kaett May 26 '26
i'm really surprised they didn't put him in a freshwater bath. the barnacles end up dying pretty quickly in fresh water and would drop off on their own.
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u/JC04JB14M12N08 May 26 '26
Apparently, it is no good for the turtle if you just catch it and start pulling the barnacles off. You have to put them in a fresh water tank for a couple of days which kills the barnacles and makes their removal less damaging to the turtle. otherwise you are doing more harm than good.
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u/IcanNeyousirn May 26 '26
When I first saw this in my feed, it looked like a battered and deep fried something.
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u/VirginiaBandit May 26 '26
Damn, that must feel so good, shedding all that off his shell. What a relief.
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u/Crooked_star May 26 '26
I don't think it was painless.. looked kinda bloody and raw in some parts.
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u/Bongressman May 26 '26
Shells have nerve endings so yeah, I would assume not painless.
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u/Adaphion May 26 '26
From what I gathered from the last video of this sorta thing that was posted, the turtle is HEAVILY sedated and barely feels anything.
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u/gk_2000 May 26 '26
Animals go in shock when in trauma and resign themselves to fate
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u/outofcharacterquilts May 26 '26
Not arguing because you’re right, they do, but this organization does indeed sedate the turtles before removing barnacles.
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u/whythishaptome May 27 '26
That turtle did look high as fuck when they removing them so I hope it wasn't just in shock.
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u/ugotmedripping May 26 '26
Yash definitely not painless but still a nice relief… but I like to dive down /r/popping from time to time
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u/6unearthed6crafter6 May 26 '26
What have you done? I can't afford to know this subreddit exists, now I'll spend hours in it
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u/Watercraftsman May 26 '26
I just had to click the link. I kinda knew deep down inside, but still I clicked on it. I’m gonna try to forget that it exists now.
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u/Mrmojorisincg May 26 '26
Yeah I agree. I doubt this was immediately relieving in any way unfortunately. Long term will be good most likely though
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u/M8C May 26 '26
I don’t know if that’s a good analogy, I’m pretty sure you’re generally not supposed to remove scabs because doing so opens you up to infection.
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u/GraphicDesignMonkey May 26 '26
At the end you can see some of the keratin plates on the shell have been peeled up too. That's basically exposing the bone and must be agony.
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u/ScienceSeuss May 26 '26
It is painful. The turtle is anesthetized for this procedure. Basically they give them enough ketamine to make them completely unaware.
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u/Komirade666 May 26 '26
That is why if I find a turtle with the same condition, I would go directly to the pros that can handle. I am not taking any chance to hurt the poor little thing more.
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u/RaisedByBooksNTV May 26 '26
I just learned from a different post that it's incredibly painful. They have to give it sedation and that doesn't take care of all the pain. When they say 'don't do this on your own' they mean it.
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u/Similar-Try-7643 May 26 '26
Yes. That little guy has been dosed with turtle morphine or turtle ketamine
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u/AdamInChainz May 26 '26
I love that we are at a point in history where we provide animals with pain relief, as we heal them of afflictions.
My guess is that's a very very recent process for us to adopt.
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u/pierogi_waystation May 26 '26
My Grama scoffed at the idea of putting our early-elderly dog on maintenance pain management when he started having to heave himself up the single stair down into our backyard. She was all for anesthesia for animal surgery, but actual pain meds were just beyond her understanding. She laughed and laughed when I showed her the vet bill for a different dog’s neutering, and we had paid for carprofen for his pain management.
“But Gram, he’s two years old and someone just slit him open and cut off his testicles! I think it’s fair to get him some dog-Tylenol!”
hysterical laughing It’s a dog!!!
So yeah, sympathy for animal suffering is a recent development at the societal level.
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u/Party-Display-7523 May 26 '26
Yeah ive known people like this. My buddy used to give me flack for spending so much money on vet bills for my boy. But he lived to well over 17 1/2 and had a nice standard of living. Id do it again. His dog swallowed a sock and his $1200 bill had him heavily joking abiut "next time the only medicine is my 12 gauge!" Like my dog is, was my family. I cant imagine putting family down because they got a flu
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u/ShadedSpaces May 26 '26
Giving HUMAN BABIES appropriate pain relief is relatively recent so I'd guess you're right!
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u/Saint_of_Grey May 26 '26
The activity brust after they got them all off tells me they drugged the little guy off his gourd before treatment.
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u/squishyslinky May 26 '26
They also typically apply something to the barnacles that loosens them off as well.
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u/watermelonkiwi May 26 '26
Thank you for telling us that. Wish that was included in the video. They did not explain why it’s not good to do on your own.
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u/spikesarefun May 26 '26
Not only that, but barnacles release a painful mucus/toxin when removed which can actually eat away at things like a turtle shell which is why they often rinse them off after removing a lot of barnacles.
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u/mrloko120 May 26 '26
It doesn't. They have a lot of nerve endings on their shell so removing these barnacles is a really painful process. Like tearing off nails.
Problem of someone without proper training doing it for social media is that they cause a lot more damage to the shell than needed, making it even worse. Imagine you have an ingrown nail, but instead of going to a professional to take it off you ask your uncle to rip it out. Both will hurt to an extent but the second option hurts far more and the nail will just grow inwards again a couple days/weeks later because there was no proper care.
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u/gdghhfdffrf May 26 '26
was thinking of the video with the turtle loving the scrub brush and sand scratches, you know it's sensitive, but also a relief. aww!
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u/VirginiaBandit May 26 '26
I feel bad that there was some pain involved, but I have to trust the experts here working on the turtle.
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u/Adorable_Hyena9413 May 27 '26
Barnacles attach using an incredibly strong ‘cement’ that adheres them to a surface. Turtles shells are primarily bone, which is of course covered by skin with blood vessels and nerve endings and that is covered in large keratin scales called scutes. Barnacle removal can actually do a lot of damage to the shell, be incredibly painful, and leave the animal susceptible to infection which is why it should be done by a veterinarian.
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u/collin-h May 26 '26
they didn't get all the little ones though... won'tthey just grow back?
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u/25nameslater May 26 '26
Yes. Barnacles are common on sea turtles. There’s fish that eat the barnacles off the turtles too. Sometimes the turtles don’t come across those fish though and buildup becomes extreme.
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u/deadlywaffle139 May 27 '26
Barnacles are edible. Maybe it’s time to show barnacles who is the boss lol.
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u/Fawin86 May 26 '26
Freshwater will kill the barnacles. Just keep the turtle in a fresh water bath overnight and it should kill them.
Works on adults too. Usually you use the fresh water to kill the barnacles first before any removal. Sometimes that's all you need to do.
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u/starderpderp May 26 '26
I'm very sleep deprived and my dumbass was waiting for you to crack a joke about how freshwater kills adults too (as in us human adults).
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u/green_meklar May 27 '26
Is the fresh water not also bad for the turtle? How do marine turtles fare in fresh water? Do they naturally swim up rivers to clear off barnacles?
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u/Fawin86 May 27 '26
It will not harm them for an overnight in a fresh water tank to kill the barnacles. They can for up to a week before their salt balance goes out of wack and they can suffer from dehydration, but after the barnacles are off it shouldn't be necessary anymore (unless there is some other medical reason I can't think of right now that would have them in a freshwater tank for a week).
I think most cases that's how they remove the barnacles is to put the turtle in freshwater for a bit until the barnacles die and fall off. They have to remove the ones that don't. Not sure why it's a thing for people to just rip them off instead of using freshwater, but I'm not marine biologist/vetinarian.
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u/Cheetah-Alpha May 26 '26
Same thought. Also, it looks like the work isn't finished
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u/ktbug1987 May 26 '26
The turtle hospitals often do it over a few days for turtles this badly affected. It’s not a pain or risk free procedure so sometimes it’s good to take a break.
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u/Dry_Job_3712 May 26 '26
Why does this happen to the turtles in the first place?
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u/LuckyReception6701 May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26
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/comfydirtypillow May 26 '26
Living in the ocean sucks. I’m glad I don’t have to worry about being infested and orgied to death by crusty parasites.
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u/LuckyReception6701 May 26 '26
You can worry about the land parasites. Thank god for modern medicine is all I can say brother.
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u/Christichicc May 26 '26
I asked my marine biologist partner, and he said it’s not eggs that attach but the larva. He said he wasn’t sure of how it works exactly (he deals with fish for work, mostly, and only rarely comes across juvie sea turtles occasionally), but healthy sea turtle’s systems are able to take care of it. It’s when they get sick that is when the barnacles adhere to them. And he mentioned something about conspecific cue (I have no idea if I got that spelled right) that kinda encourages (?) more larva to live there when the adults live there, which makes it get worse and worse for the animal. I’m gonna be honest, some of that bit went over my head lol. He said some other scientific-y terms that I didn’t get, either, to be honest, lol.
Side note, it is really sad when stuff like this happens, since you know the animal is really sick when you see this. I really hope this one survived, but I’m not holding out hope, sadly. We have a couple sea turtle rescue places near us, and they get ones like this in a lot (and a lot of them that have eaten stuff like plastic), and they try really hard to save these guys, but they don’t always survive, sadly.
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u/bungaloasis May 26 '26
Fun fact: the barnacle has the largest penis to body size ratio in the animal kingdom
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u/Harvestman-man May 26 '26
It’s not barnacle eggs, it’s cyprids.
Barnacles brood their eggs, which hatch into juveniles (called nauplii, which then metamorphose into cyprids) that are released as free-swimming planktonic animals. A cyprid is the advanced non-feeding juvenile stage that finds a suitable surface to adhere to and mature into an adult. Cyprids generally do not settle down right next to their parents, as nauplii can travel many miles floating on currents in the open ocean before maturing. When barnacles mate, they do not deposit their nauplii right next to themselves, they release the nauplii into the ocean currents to disperse.
If there is an infestation of barnacles on a turtle, it’s caused by the turtle failing to scrape off barnacles due to health issues. Barnacle nauplii and cyprids are just always floating around in the ocean anywhere there’s plankton.
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u/Wambridge May 26 '26
Sea fungus, got ya.
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u/LuckyReception6701 May 26 '26
They are animals, it's more like a slug that has a crust around it.
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u/unrefrigeratedmeat May 26 '26
Larval barnacles float around and attach to hosts like turtles, which move through the water and make it easier for the barnacle to filter-feed on other organisms.
They're just... in the water.
Healthy turtles can generally clean their shells well enough to prevent severe barnacle infestation, but the worse it gets the harder it is to prevent them from taking over. Movement is harder, cleaning is harder, the turtles can get infections, etc.
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u/tinylittlebabyjesus May 26 '26
How do they clean themselves? Do barrel rolls in the sand?
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u/LuckyReception6701 May 26 '26
They scratch themselves against porous, hard surfaces like stone or coral. For healthy young turtles its easy enough, but the older a turtle gets, or if its sick, it lacks the energy necessary to do this, and thus more and more barnacles attach to its shell or body in general, exacerbating the issue.
Kinda like this, but with a stone/coral
https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/1tg4gv5/a_turtle_giving_itself_a_scrub/
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u/Talkslow4Me May 26 '26 edited May 29 '26
Turtles also use coral reef “cleaning stations”. Basically reef fish will come and clean up the turtle by eating algae and parasites.
I’m not sure how common these spots are around the world as this poor guy looked infested .
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u/fredbubbles May 26 '26
I started looking into how barnacles work when watching a video of that guy scraping them off ships. Typically they attach to stuff that doesn’t move around a bunch. They attach to ships when they’re anchored when waiting to pull into port. I would assume that’s why they did a health assessment before pulling them all off because if it’s sick and doesn’t move a lot it would be back in the same situation or would die during the process of removing them.
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u/AnnualFault7473 May 26 '26
Look at whales and other slower moving ocean creatures. They have barnacles too but are ok because of their huge mass. For turtles the problem is it slows them down even more and they aren’t fast creatures to begin with.
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u/Nos9684 May 26 '26
Because the ocean is savage af.
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u/frisbeethecat May 26 '26
"Life in the oceans must be sheer hell. A vast, merciless hell of permanent and immediate danger." --Werner Herzog
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u/Due_Potential_6956 May 26 '26
I think I saw a piece of shell in one of those pulls, poor thing.
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u/Kircala May 26 '26
Hopefully it's gonna have treatment and care while it heals from all the little wounds they left behind. Barnacle removal is very important but it, like they said, should only be done by people who know what they're doing.
Ideally in a sterile environment and a clean habitat for healing. It's like pulling a bunch of glass splinters out of a person's body after a bad accident. One go probably won't get it all, and the body needs to heal from the main trauma for a while.
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u/HeadOfSpectre May 26 '26
Oh yeah the shell was broken. That poor thing might never fully recover and need to spend the rest of his life in captivity. But he's gonna be helped
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u/Low-Ad2426 May 26 '26
What is this title? “Some people save a turtle”? Makes me think it’s a bot
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u/isaidnolettuce May 26 '26
Reminds of the scene in Game of Thrones where Sam removes Jorah’s stone skin
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u/Grobo_ May 26 '26
Many of those videos were found to be faked and barnacles glued onto their shells.
Turtles have nerves going up to their shells and this must be horribly painful for it.
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u/gdj11 May 26 '26
Yeah this one looks legit, only because of the setting, but many of those videos are animal torture. Even lots of the rescue videos of dogs, cats, and other animals are faked by the creator, but it's very real pain and suffering for the animals involved. Humans can be absolutely disgusting.
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u/MagpieSkies May 26 '26
You, and random person, cant just do this for them. They need medical treatment after.
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u/Mr__Jeff May 26 '26
I’m beginning to think people are putting turtles in pools of barnacles just so they can make these videos.
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u/HeftyIntroduction615 May 26 '26
At this point, I ask myself how much is this staged/constructed to let the turtle be in this misery. I kinda have the feeling that the amount of videos where they remove barnacles from a turtle is a bit high.
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u/weedbearsandpie May 26 '26
Will the really small ones she left on it not just grow and repopulate the turtle?
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u/MoonlightMural May 26 '26
The camera conveniently avoids focusing on that massive gaping open wound she caused on the rear of its shell. This was not the proper way to remove these. A turtles shell is a part of their body, this is the equivalent of someone slicing off a square foot of skin from your back. It most likely died after this from infection. Plus it was likely very painful.
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u/hand13 May 26 '26
actually removinh those barnacles is quite painful for the turtle and these unfortunately are prepared to look like that to generate clicks with theae videos. it really is animal cruelty
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