#invertebrates — Public Fediverse posts
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🪱 NEW: Researchers in #Vienna found that the jaws of the ragworm 'Perinereis cultrifera' are made of #proteins bonded with metal ions including #zinc, producing a #material hard like metal yet elastic like #polymer.
Other bristle #worms swim backwards without turning, see in #ultraviolet, and detach rear ends that swim to the surface to spawn.
👉 https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/bristle-worms-are-super-weird
#polychaetes #marinebiology #metals #evolution #ocean #zoology #robotics #bioluminescence #invertebrates #science #nature #wildlife
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🪱 NEW: Researchers in #Vienna found that the jaws of the ragworm 'Perinereis cultrifera' are made of #proteins bonded with metal ions including #zinc, producing a #material hard like metal yet elastic like #polymer.
Other bristle #worms swim backwards without turning, see in #ultraviolet, and detach rear ends that swim to the surface to spawn.
👉 https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/bristle-worms-are-super-weird
#polychaetes #marinebiology #metals #evolution #ocean #zoology #robotics #bioluminescence #invertebrates #science #nature #wildlife
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🪱 NEW: Researchers in #Vienna found that the jaws of the ragworm 'Perinereis cultrifera' are made of #proteins bonded with metal ions including #zinc, producing a #material hard like metal yet elastic like #polymer.
Other bristle #worms swim backwards without turning, see in #ultraviolet, and detach rear ends that swim to the surface to spawn.
👉 https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/bristle-worms-are-super-weird
#polychaetes #marinebiology #metals #evolution #ocean #zoology #robotics #bioluminescence #invertebrates #science #nature #wildlife
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🪱 NEW: Researchers in #Vienna found that the jaws of the ragworm 'Perinereis cultrifera' are made of #proteins bonded with metal ions including #zinc, producing a #material hard like metal yet elastic like #polymer.
Other bristle #worms swim backwards without turning, see in #ultraviolet, and detach rear ends that swim to the surface to spawn.
👉 https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/bristle-worms-are-super-weird
#polychaetes #marinebiology #metals #evolution #ocean #zoology #robotics #bioluminescence #invertebrates #science #nature #wildlife
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🪱 NEW: Researchers in #Vienna found that the jaws of the ragworm 'Perinereis cultrifera' are made of #proteins bonded with metal ions including #zinc, producing a #material hard like metal yet elastic like #polymer.
Other bristle #worms swim backwards without turning, see in #ultraviolet, and detach rear ends that swim to the surface to spawn.
👉 https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/bristle-worms-are-super-weird
#polychaetes #marinebiology #metals #evolution #ocean #zoology #robotics #bioluminescence #invertebrates #science #nature #wildlife