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Had a talk with a marine biologist that flipped my view on a salvage job
We were working near the Port of Tampa, and she mentioned that a 'clean' hull we'd just prepped for a client was actually covered in a specific, non-native barnacle. She said, 'That's not grime, that's a bioindicator for polluted water.' It hit different because I'd spent two days scrubbing it off, thinking it was just regular fouling. Anyone else had a job where the science changed how you saw the actual work?
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kaip114d ago
Damn, wait. That is wild. So the stuff you scraped off was basically a sign that the water is messed up? I mean, I always figured barnacles are just barnacles, you know? It's crazy to think that a specific type is like a red flag for pollution. That would mess with my head too, knowing I just scrubbed away evidence of a problem instead of actually fixing it. Like, what's the point of cleaning if you're just hiding the real issue?
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walker.hayden2mo ago
Wow, that's a real gut punch. You're just doing your job, cleaning a hull, and then find out you were basically erasing a warning sign. Changes the whole meaning of the work from cleaning to... hiding a problem. Makes you wonder what else we're scrubbing away without knowing. That marine biologist gave you a whole new lens to see through, for sure.
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