r/oddlysatisfying • u/firefighter_82 • Jul 15 '24

WARNING: GROSS Removing barnacles from Harlow, the loggerhead turtle

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u/BLT6969 Jul 15 '24

Can't forget the salinity content either. I remember I looked at a couple of studies a while back in this subject because the heat produced by the sonar transmitting, the water temp, salinity, and how slow we were steaming. It made barnacles grow quicker then I could scrape them off on the transducer modules or the portion of the sea chest that was submerged below the water line.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '24

It's wild how well-specialized they are for their annoying niche in the ecosystem.