sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 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-square12fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 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-up0·4 months agoThey starve the fish to get them to eat your dead skin. CDC really buried the lead there.
minus-squareExocrinous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 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!
Didn’t iCarly have an episode about this?