@fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 10 days agoIf you like sardines (sprats), a parasitic copepod (microcrustacean) grows in the poor little fish eye. Copepods is bugs (but not flies).lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down15
arrow-up164arrow-down1imageIf you like sardines (sprats), a parasitic copepod (microcrustacean) grows in the poor little fish eye. Copepods is bugs (but not flies).lemmy.dbzer0.com@fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 10 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareDrusaslinkfedilink12•10 days ago“Sprats” refers to small, oily fish–not specifically sardines.
“Sprats” refers to small, oily fish–not specifically sardines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_sprat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprat