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Another interesting animal, an iron snail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaly-foot_snail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaly-foot_snail
by xeeeeeeeeeeenu 6y ago
Another interesting animal, an iron snail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaly-foot_snail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaly-foot_snail
- suifbwish 6y agoWow that’s one of the coolest things I never learned about until now
- anamexis 6y agoIsn't it the only thing you've never learned about until now?
- chordalkeyboard 6y agono, now its the only thing he learned about until then.
- waheoo 6y agoThreads like this cause the matrix to coredump.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoThere is only one kairos
- Cactus2018 6y agoReminds me of the episode of "Primitive Technology" where he turns terrestrial snail shells into lime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek3aeUhHaFY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek3aeUhHaFY
- ORioN63 6y agoI don't think I've ever came across them before, but not even 20 minutes ago I was just checking out the deep mining wikipedia page that also mentions the same snails.
- blkknightarms 6y agoIt does weekly cook-offs with its snail buddies.
- cookiengineer 6y agoWoah this sounds amazing. Does anybody know whether there's more details available on the symbiotic bacteria that creates the iron sulfides based armor? I couldn't find the zoological identifier for it, so it's hard to find across the web.