TIL that scientists thought Rhizocophala, a group of parasitic barnacles, were hermaphroditic, as many other barnacles. But then they discovered the "testes" were actually males living inside the f... | Spyke

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TIL that scientists thought Rhizocophala, a group of parasitic barnacles, were hermaphroditic, as many other barnacles. But then they discovered the "testes" were actually males living inside the f...

TIL that scientists thought Rhizocophala, a group of parasitic barnacles, were hermaphroditic, as many other barnacles. But then they discovered the "testes" were actually males living inside the f...

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Living in the what? Living in the what??

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018118055 reply

In the f!

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Skaryon reply

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I am not reading through a whole Wikipedia article to see what the rest of it says. Someone please let me know

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I’ve heard of being whipped but this is ridiculous!

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Ucking Dick sack

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Almost as horrifying as cordyceps. Instead of mushroom flavor, it's the barnacle flavor that doesn't outright kill the host. I had a hard time conceptualizing the wiki article, but found a cute stop motion video explaining it.

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TIL that scientists thought Rhizocophala, a group of parasitic barnacles, were hermaphroditic, as many other barnacles. But then they discovered the "testes" were actually males living inside the f... | Spyke