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Woman dives into ocean, then feels something ‘crawling’ on her skin

A woman who was scuba diving in the ocean came up for air and found something crawling in her hair.

Kayleigh Grant, underwater videographer and owner of Kaimana Ocean Safari, lived in Kona, Hawaii, where she runs her business with her husband Cam. The adventurer was scuba diving near her home with a group when she got her hair hooked with a crab.

“It’s quite common for (baby) crab larvae to use us to hitch a ride in the depths of the ocean,” Grant said. News week. “In this environment, they are susceptible to being eaten by larger fish, so anything that floats (including us) becomes a refuge for them.”

A woman finds crab in her hair.
Kayleigh Grant finds something crawling in her hair while scuba diving. She posted a video on Instagram showing the creature crawling on her head, receiving millions of views.

@mermaid.kayleigh/Instagram

To agree posted a video little crab in her hair Instagramwhere the video was viewed over 44 million times after it was first posted on October 21. “We casually pick crabs from our hair,” she wrote in the video’s caption with a series of crab emojis.

“POV: You feel something crawling across your scalp in the ocean,” the superimposed text reads as Grant feels around his hair underwater. She then gets on a boat where another person must help her remove the small crab from her head.

“I feel like I have sea lice,” she says in the video. “It feels like it’s really dug in there.”

She explained to News week: “It’s quite common but it can definitely be a bit unpleasant, especially when they try to get in your ear.

“I have a friend who had one in his ear. Luckily he was able to remove it with tweezers.”

Crab in hair
Kayleigh Grant found a crab in her hair after scuba diving in Hawaii.

@mermaid.kayleigh/Instagram

Grant, along with her husband, offers scuba diving tours in the waters surrounding Kona on the island of Hawaii. The American state is a popular destination for American citizens.

In 2022, Hawaii attracted more than 7.7 million visitors from across the United States, far exceeding Hawaii’s population of 1.4 million.

Meanwhile, scuba diving is proving to be a popular activity among Americans. According to Statistmore than 2.4 million people participated in the aquatic activity in 2021.

Grant’s video received over 1,000 comments with people sharing their thoughts. @livfortheocean simply wrote: “No thanks.”

@joao_mmsouza said: “The calmest woman in the world, definitely.” Meanwhile, @aallabell commented: “My horrible dream. »

“New phobia,” said @esmerrbombaaerva. “He found a new home,” @heydromsk joked.

“Mermaids should be bald, little ones,” said @amaria.duarda.

A lot of commenters simply shared their thoughts with emojis, like crying or vomiting faces.

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