{"id":109,"date":"2006-11-28T21:09:01","date_gmt":"2006-11-29T01:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=109"},"modified":"2008-08-05T11:05:17","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T15:05:17","slug":"oh-barnacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=109","title":{"rendered":"Oh, barnacles!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Big barnacles are causing headaches here in Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Every boater knows that barnacles are a big pain.<\/p>\n

Now the emphasis is on big. Mega barnacles have arrived in Florida. Some are large enough to make into a dice cup, a pencil holder or even a bud vase.<\/p>\n

An ordinary barnacle in the Sunshine State doesn’t get much bigger than a dime or a nickel, but these foreign giants that hail from the Pacific Ocean are turning up from North Carolina to South Florida.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Big barnacles are causing headaches here in Florida. Every boater knows that barnacles are a big pain. Now the emphasis is on big. Mega barnacles have arrived in Florida. 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