Yeah! I've always been too paranoid and pulled them off before they got too wild. I just had bit of a suction cup-like mark. Here's a guy getting chomped: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrdVrQ6K/

Speaking as a biologist from the Great Lakes where we have lots of invasive sea lamprey, it's a fun party trick to stick them on you (regardless of political party).

I used to have what sounds like a similar job almost 20 years ago. It was so mind numbing labeling shells and looking up locations. I didn't even have social media to keep me company, just NPR 🫠