#mollusks — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mollusks, aggregated by home.social.
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Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea)
#Periwinkle #Snail #Gastropod #ArtWithOpenSource #Snails #Mollusca #Mollusks #Molluscs #Gastropods #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Darktable #CCBYSA #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography
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💁🏻♀️ 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.
#snails #science #biomimicry #nature #spiders #nanotechnology #goethite #biology #engineering #royalsociety #animals #wildlife #mollusks
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(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.