"uh ohhhhhh!!!!" - a oyster when this happens ill bet
It's just that theyll grow on anything solid and they have flotation bladders to keep them upright, like a lot of seaweed, so when they get big enough they can float away with whatever they're growing on, like small rocks or broken coral. But they got called oyster thiefs because you notice this phenomenon most if your livelihood depends on farming creatures that are also roughly similar to small rocks.
Ochrophytes stole my oyster harvest. Can't have shit in Cornwall 😤
