Tag: Barnacles

Barnacle Bouquet

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

In case you didn’t read the comments in the last Barnacle Bouquet post GMG’s Paul Morrison gave us a little biology lesson-

Fun things I learned back in Coastal Ecology at UMass Amherst in 1977. Barnacles have the longest penis as measured by ratio of the size of the animal. Since they can’t move this likely comes in handy. “Howdy neighbor!”

They are also hermaphrodites but I had to look that up. The member size I did remember.

Barnacle Bouquet, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Beautiful Industry- Barnacle Bouquet On Lobster Traps

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

They might look pretty in this picture but they are like clusters of tiny razor blades.  You need to be very careful when handling lobster traps that are covered with barnacles.

Beautiful Industry- Barnacle Bouquet On Lobster Traps, originally uploaded by captjoe06.