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SEA-SIIOKE LIFE 



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B(ilanii» luuncri, Fiij. 4'J" , is ;i large roiigli-lookiiig, solitary 



barnacle that grows ujioii rocks below low-tido level oil' tLo coast 



of New iMiglanil north of Oaj)e 

 f'od. 



'i'lie Whalf^ ISariiacle, (('<, ro- 

 ll iihi iliiulciiia, I'^hj. -'illj, is at- 

 taclied to the skin oJ' wliales, 

 tlie skin Ijeiug drawn np into 

 tliii sliell of the barnacle so as 

 to enable it to adhere lii'ndy. 

 TheslicU of this barnacle is fully 

 an inch and a lialf wide and an 

 inch high. In cross section it 

 is hexagonal with six longitudi- 

 nal ribs, each made up of hiiir 

 or five ridges. In bariiae](;s that 



grow u])on nio\'ing animals, tlio feathery feet are merely thrust out, 



and not waved about as in tlie rock bariiach;s, ivliich njiist create 



currents in order to 



capture their food. 



Tlie Stalked l!ai-- 



ua(h'S,('/'V/. •) // These 



are often called "gonse 



barnacles," for the 



naturalists of the sev- 

 enteenth century be- 

 lieved that geese 



hatched from them. 



They are usually found 



attaidicd to lloating 



objecls, snch as the 



gulf Aveed, drifting 



logs, |iumice ov buoys. 

 The fleshy stalk 



by which the barnacle 



is attached is the head 



end of the creatuje, 



and the feathery, curling legs are seen to protrude now and again 



through a cleft in the side of the shell. There is a minute eye 



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