Barnacles can attach themselves to various watercraft including kayaks.
Barnacles attach themselves to rocks using a strong adhesive secreted from a gland at the base of their antennae. This adhesive hardens upon contact with water, allowing the barnacle to firmly adhere to the surface. Barnacles can withstand strong currents and waves due to the strength of this adhesive.
Barnacles stick to the boat hull and grow creating a sort of skin over the hull. This in turn slows boat by taking away smoothness of hull and adding weight. Barnacles get knocked off and fall off , which pulls outer hull coating off allowing rot to get in.
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Barnacles are crustaceans( a type of arthropods)
no, a kayak is a kayak NOT a boat
commensalism
It is a kayak.
Yes, "as rough as the barnacles" is a simile. It compares the roughness of something to the rough texture of barnacles using the word "as."
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There are more than 1,000 different species of barnacles.
Barnacles protect themselves by sticking to something sturdy.
Barnacles are shellfish that cling to rocks or ships hulls.