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Old 05-11-2012, 04:27 PM   #15
Clodfobble
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Originally Posted by glatt
The cyamids live on tough patches of whale skin, like callouses, called callosities. The cyamids just live in the crevasses of the callosities and give them a white color. They are basically little miniature crabs that hook onto the skin and eat it. Poor whales.
But isn't it dead skin? Like those little fish that eat on people's feet in the spas in Japan.
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