#barnacle

~  photographer :  Gary Loveless

rainbowofponies:

Big Brother Blind Bag MLP Customs by ~gotbunny

The long goosy neck of a #gooseneckbarnacle. This specimen was washed up on the beach after a recent storm. #gooseneck #barnacle #beachcombing #seacliffbeach #goosebarnacles #pedunculata #pollicepes (at Seacliff State Beach)

bogleech:

bogleech:

Another museum model I’d love to own, this is what’s inside a barnacle, my favorite crustaceans! Look at that little cutie, like an alien space baby! Isn’t it just delightful how its whole body forms a little house with a smaller body inside? Its digestive tract is like the plumbing!

I wrote extensively on barnacle biology here!

Bringing this back because some of you have no idea I bet. No idea that this animal lives in a volcano made from just the top of its head.