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canetoad

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5. He absolutely hated barnacles!

Reply to Stargleamer (Original post)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 05:36 PM

10 hrs ago

I'm not that fond of them myself when I need to walk over them.

Why Darwin Hated The Simple Barnacle

One of the issues that Darwin had was trying to figure out the classification of the simple barnacle. According to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Barnacles exist almost everywhere in the ocean, and they certainly are no secret when it comes to what they are and what they do.

The problem was it was difficult to classify the barnacle because they seem to exist somewhere between a mollusk and a crustacean.

https://greatergood.com/blogs/news/why-darwin-hated-barnacles

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WOW--Charles Darwin was at times so disenchanted with other people, himself, life, the world itself. . . [View all] Stargleamer 10 hrs ago OP

I just found my kindred spirit. RandySF 10 hrs ago #1

A brilliant scientist who truly understood life at multiple levels. Intractable 10 hrs ago #2

He is a monumental figure to all of us science-loving types! It's hard to see him as flawed/human. CaliforniaPeggy 10 hrs ago #3

Charles Darwin is my Spirt Animal. FalloutShelter 10 hrs ago #4

He absolutely hated barnacles! canetoad 10 hrs ago #5

I like barnacles and pretty much anything that doesn't infest me or my house. thought crime 8 hrs ago #21

I wonder if he ever tried a chili dog with cole slaw Mysterian 10 hrs ago #6

Interesting. If you go further down the Bluesky account you cite, there is a reference to the origin of those quotes. xocetaceans 10 hrs ago #7

Great quote: calimary 8 hrs ago #14

Nice choice of an excerpt! That whole archive might yield many such interesting turns of phrase in service of sentiment. xocetaceans 3 hrs ago #22

In short, Darwin had just about enough of HMS Beagle. paleotn 8 hrs ago #17

i read a book a long time ago mopinko 10 hrs ago #8

Well, I certainly have days like that... hlthe2b 9 hrs ago #9

I have failed to realize that UpInArms 9 hrs ago #10

I am torn between thinking this is funny, incredibly meaningful, or very sad. senseandsensibility 9 hrs ago #11

Ditto. And so well said. I would not have been able to express KPN 8 hrs ago #13

That's kind of you to say. senseandsensibility 8 hrs ago #16

He really realized how stupid people actually are. twodogsbarking 8 hrs ago #12

As George Carlin said, you take the average guy, you must realise that half the world is stupider than him. Swede 8 hrs ago #19

Not to worry, Charles We have the movie "Melania" chouchou 8 hrs ago #15

The world is too much with us; late and soon, Swede 8 hrs ago #18

Charles Darwin held deep scientific contempt for Louis Agassiz, and Agassiz hated Darwin Brother Buzz 8 hrs ago #20