@sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agoTIL there is a meat loving sea fleas that casually nibble on your skin at the beach but in rare sever cases it can cause real injurieswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down16
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is a meat loving sea fleas that casually nibble on your skin at the beach but in rare sever cases it can cause real injurieswww.theguardian.com@sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-square@jordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•1 year agoThere’s a species of fish that will do this too… except they have a taste for dead/dry skin. It’s supposed to very… exfoliating… https://www.cdc.gov/hygiene/personal-hygiene/feet.html#:~:text=Garra rufa are sometimes referred,with skin diseases%2C like psoriasis.
minus-square@Tikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink11•1 year agoThey starve the fish to get them to eat your dead skin. CDC really buried the lead there.
There’s a species of fish that will do this too… except they have a taste for dead/dry skin. It’s supposed to very… exfoliating…
https://www.cdc.gov/hygiene/personal-hygiene/feet.html#:~:text=Garra rufa are sometimes referred,with skin diseases%2C like psoriasis.
They starve the fish to get them to eat your dead skin. CDC really buried the lead there.
Didn’t iCarly have an episode about this?