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How about an iron age snail? It lives near deep sea vents and uses iron minerals in its shell and scales on its foot. It also has symbiotic bacteria in its gut
by GravitasFailure 4y ago
How about an iron age snail? It lives near deep sea vents and uses iron minerals in its shell and scales on its foot. It also has symbiotic bacteria in its gut so it doesn't feed directly.
https://morethanadodo.com/2015/04/28/the-iron-snail/ https://morethanadodo.com/2015/04/28/the-iron-snail/
- whatshisface 4y agoIron sulfide is an unrefined ore that humans could access well before the iron age (if or when they ever had a use for it). Fortunately for the birds (and fish with the ecological role of birds) of the world, there are no truly iron snails.