That creates a record of the oceans they’ve been in as passengers on whales. To see if barnacles had the same properties long ago, Taylor hunted down fossils that lived on early humpback whales ...

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If you've ever been on a whale-watching tour and seen these majestic animals, you may have noticed barnacles growing on some of the whales. The relationship between barnacles and whales is one for ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Almost by definition, barnacles are immobile: these crustaceans cluster on surfaces such as whale heads, sea turtle shells, coastal rocks, and ...

Visocchi was struck by the similarity of shape of these rivets and the bumps of the barnacles on the bodies of living whales. The barnacles exist in a relationship between individuals of two ...