sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months 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-square13fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down16
arrow-up174arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months 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-up12·9 months agoThey starve the fish to get them to eat your dead skin. CDC really buried the lead there.
minus-squareExocrinous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months 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?