Check your bank account for remora fish
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The parasites in your bank account
One of the most curious fish in the ocean is the remora, which attaches itself to a larger fish — usually a shark — and survives by eating scraps of food missed by its host, dead skin cells, and poop.
Scientists who have studied remora have found that they’re not actually very good at swimming on their own, because they spend so much of their lives clinging to larger beasts and coasting alongside them. (Think about that for a second — there’s a fish that isn’t very good at swimming!)
The science journal Nature once described the remora as “one of the laziest fish in the ocean”.
I was reminded of the remora recently when I checked my bank account and found an unexpected charge from Google Play for £49.99. Apparently, a year ago, I had bought a subscription to the Headspace app which was on an annual renewal — and in the intervening 12 months had completely forgo…