sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoTIL there is a meat loving sea fleas that casually nibble on your skin at the beach but in rare sever cases it can cause real injurieswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down16
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is a meat loving sea fleas that casually nibble on your skin at the beach but in rare sever cases it can cause real injurieswww.theguardian.comsun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoThere’s a species of fish that will do this too… except they have a taste for dead/dry skin. It’s supposed to very… exfoliating… https://www.cdc.gov/hygiene/personal-hygiene/feet.html#:~:text=Garra rufa are sometimes referred,with skin diseases%2C like psoriasis.
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years agoThey starve the fish to get them to eat your dead skin. CDC really buried the lead there.
minus-squareExocrinous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoDidn’t iCarly have an episode about this?
There’s a species of fish that will do this too… except they have a taste for dead/dry skin. It’s supposed to very… exfoliating…
https://www.cdc.gov/hygiene/personal-hygiene/feet.html#:~:text=Garra rufa are sometimes referred,with skin diseases%2C like psoriasis.
They starve the fish to get them to eat your dead skin. CDC really buried the lead there.
They’re VERY ticklish!
They look it!
Didn’t iCarly have an episode about this?