Barnacles spend their adult lives head down and feet up — ChillScroll

Acorn barnacles underwater with delicate feathery legs extended from their shells

Barnacles spend their adult lives head down and feet up

A young barnacle glues its head to a rock and builds a cone-shaped shell around itself. When the tide comes in, it opens the top and sweeps feathery legs through the water to collect food.

For a barnacle, dinner arrives over its toes.

Source · Monterey Bay Aquarium ↗