Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://realcad.org/video/?vid=kQrdAwPdFbw Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ‼️You Won’t Believe How Creepy These Are! nature animals shorts [oKlhYBeDxED] Health Updated on August 07, 2026 EDT — Published on August 07, 2026 EDT Its scientific name is Upogebia pugettensis, and it’s one of the Pacific Northwest’s most fascinating burrowing shrimp. That giant pink lump isn’t part of the shrimp. It’s an invasive parasitic isopod called Orthione griffenis. The parasite lives inside the shrimp’s gill chamber, feeding on its blood-like fluid and often leaving females unable to reproduce. It’s one of the major reasons mud shrimp populations have declined along much of the West Coast. So I carefully removed the parasite… Then I released the shrimp back into its muddy home, giving it a second chance. Meanwhile, Franklin the sea chicken was watching the whole thing… but this shrimp wasn’t ending up on the menu today. 😅 Would you have known that pink “bump” was actually a parasite? e3m2pbsAMYC 3O8NK7OevN8 l8lWT6Tw6CL xZSdzqskZY4 P8Qc4t7GGBt nSsTNXH7ku0
Its scientific name is Upogebia pugettensis, and it’s one of the Pacific Northwest’s most fascinating burrowing shrimp. That giant pink lump isn’t part of the shrimp. It’s an invasive parasitic isopod called Orthione griffenis. The parasite lives inside the shrimp’s gill chamber, feeding on its blood-like fluid and often leaving females unable to reproduce. It’s one of the major reasons mud shrimp populations have declined along much of the West Coast. So I carefully removed the parasite… Then I released the shrimp back into its muddy home, giving it a second chance. Meanwhile, Franklin the sea chicken was watching the whole thing… but this shrimp wasn’t ending up on the menu today. 😅 Would you have known that pink “bump” was actually a parasite? e3m2pbsAMYC 3O8NK7OevN8 l8lWT6Tw6CL xZSdzqskZY4 P8Qc4t7GGBt nSsTNXH7ku0