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@sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago

TIL 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 injuries

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TIL 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 injuries

www.theguardian.com

@sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago
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Australian teen just 'unfortunate' to be attacked by meat-loving sea fleas
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It’s safe to go back in the water, says marine biologist who identified the miniature attackers as lysianassid amphipods
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  • 🇨🇦 tunetardis
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    12•1 year ago

    I will never again question the need for that extra protective lining around the gonads in a swimsuit.

    • littleblue✨
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      One can only hope that cases of severing are as rare as this post title would have us believe. 😶

  • @shapesandstuff@feddit.de
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    10•1 year ago

    IN WHAT CASES

    • NoSpiritAnimal
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      8•1 year ago

      Look they hardly ever amputate

  • @jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    8•1 year ago

    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.

    • @Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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      11•1 year ago

      They starve the fish to get them to eat your dead skin. CDC really buried the lead there.

    • Exocrinous
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      0•1 year ago

      Didn’t iCarly have an episode about this?

  • gregorum
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    7•1 year ago

    what a wonderful time to never go to the beach again

  • @Jambone@lemmy.world
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    0•1 year ago

    The candiru swim up the urethra https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru_(fish)

    • muse
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      3•1 year ago

      The piranha?
      No!
      The shark!
      No!
      … the piranha?

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