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Limpet Attacking a Flame Scallop?

April 26, 2017attacking flame limpet scallop

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Limpet Attacking a Flame Scallop?

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Last night I saw a Limpet attached to the bottom of my Flame Scallop and I didn’t think anything of it until I looked at my Scallop this afternoon and when I tried to get the Limpet off of my Flame Scallop he felt like he was locked on my Scallop, and I had to actually pry him off. My Scallop looks like he was dying. He is shrinking up on the inside and I don’t know what is wrong with him. He is not responding to touch like he used to, his shell does not close right away when he is touched, and when you try to close him it feels like he is almost locked in the open position. I did some research on Limpet’s this evening and I didn’t like what I read on some of them.