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#mollusks — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mollusks, aggregated by home.social.

  1. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦪🌡️ A #Stanford led study explains why #clams and #snails dominate modern shorelines while #brachiopods barely survived the #GreatDying.

    Researchers measured #oxygen consumption in living #animals to show that slower metabolisms could not cope with warming, oxygen depleted waters 252 million years ago. The authors warn that today’s warming #oceans could trigger a similar ecological shift.

    👉 sciencedaily.com/releases/2026

    #permiantriassic #massextinction #climatechange #marinebiology #science #paleontology #evolution #metabolism #oceanwarming #mollusks #earthscience #adaptation

  2. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Asa Barber’s team at the University of #Portsmouth found that common #limpet #teeth are five times stronger than #spider #silk, making them the strongest known natural material.

    Their goethite nanofiber #protein composite can withstand pressures comparable to turning #carbon into #diamond and could inspire synthetic materials.

    👉 smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

    #snails #science #biomimicry #nature #spiders #nanotechnology #goethite #biology #engineering #royalsociety #animals #wildlife #mollusks

  3. (Posting in my personal capacity.) Journalist Steve Baragona was so invested in shooting
    river-cleaning #mussels that he ended up falling into the mud. Don’t worry! He is fine and our story about these important #mollusks is coming out later this week. Stayed tuned! We cover #environment and #science . Follow us on social media platforms.