7 Cases of Barnacles in Marine Animals | Not Just Sea Turtles 🦞🦀

Look at this, on the coast of Asia, these fishermen cleaned a sea turtle of the Karei species. With this tool, he started by removing the largest perch. Although it seems a bit rough, let's remember that fishermen spend hours and even days at sea. Even so, he gave himself the time to clean the little turtle. Not only does it have perches, it also has a fishing line inside its mouth. The fisherman notices, but decides to remove the thread later. The small Karei turtle's thorax is now free of perches. The fisherman removes the thread he had in his mouth. The turtle stretches. Its thorax no longer has perches, but the natural glue that they leave is still there. So the fisherman starts cleaning it with a metal sponge. The shell was also clean, and it was returned to the sea. A woman was wetting her feet on the shore of the sea, when she found this oyster with a large perch living on it. Some only see a perch attached to an oyster, but the woman saw two of the marine species that keep the oceans clean, since both, when fed by filtration, keep the water of the sea clean. They are something like the water filter that we all use in our kitchen, so he decided to return them to the sea. In Peru, these fishermen got on their boat and started cleaning a sea turtle. The perches on its shell are known in Peru as goat's paw, for being long and fleshy. Both fishermen began to remove them. The accumulation of these perches increases the weight of the sea turtles, reducing their speed when swimming, which can make them more prone to predators and waste extra energy when swimming. The fishermen mention that they removed approximately one kilo of perches. Once the shell was clean, they turned it over to see if it had perches on its thorax. But it was clean, so they decided to return it to the sea. Look, we might think that perches don't stick to crabs, but the reality is different. This fisherman shows us the crab that he found with perches living in its exoskeleton. And maybe you think that crabs, having two large jaws, can remove the perches themselves. But no, because there are places where their big arms can't reach. Luckily, this fisherman started to remove the perches with a pliers. The fisherman removed an approximate of seven large perches, and returned the crab to the sea. But... is this a lobster? Yes, it is. The same fisherman not only finds crabs with perches, but also lobsters. Having a hard exoskeleton, the perches believe that lobsters are a good place to live. And they stick to their whole body, as we can see in the images. Like the crab, the fisherman removes all the perches. He puts a fish between the claws and returns it to the sea. This other fisherman on the coast of Chile cleaned this great sea turtle that he found in the high seas. She also had a crab on her tail. He cut the perches from its shell as if it were a cluster of grapes. He turns it around and finds more. And he also removes them. The fisherman loads the turtle and cleans it. And it's time for him to go back to the sea. Let's hope he doesn't go through the same thing again. This hermit crab could not help but be invaded by perches. As hermit crabs live in large shells, the perches saw a favorable place to live. Although it has many perches, the hermit crab has not changed its shell. That means that perhaps the perches serve it to camouflage better in the marine environment. So in this case, the marine perches don't hurt it. Did you already comment on the video or do you want to know my claws? Watch these other videos and subscribe. See you!