Tag: acorn barnacles
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Barnacles might be some of the ocean’s superpowers
Story and photos by Anita Westervelt, Texas Master Naturalist Barnacles are small sea creatures with a shell. They are found at the bottom of boats, dock posts and pilings, shoreline rocks, shells, and other submerged surfaces. For the beachcomber, they’re readily available on flotsam washed ashore. As a matter of fact, nothing’s safe if it’s…