while walking into the water to get a closer shot of them on the dock, I stepped on one of the sharp barnacles and cut my foot. Didn’t realize until I got out of the water that it was bleeding. Their mama had a band-aid on her and came to my rescue ;). It was in the worst spot- right in the middle of the arch of my foot- and got quite red, swollen and sore over the next few days, but luckily ended up being nothing serious.