The Twelve Days of Snails
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By , on December 21st, 2010 3 comments   Adaptations, Organisms   , , , , , ,  

The holidays are a time for lists: shopping list, grocery list for the holiday meal, things I must accomplish before the year ends, and Santa’s naughty or nice list. In case your wondering, all of us at DSN were naughty, except for me. I’ve been more nasty nice. To these lists, I will add the . . . → Read More: The Twelve Days of Snails

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Move Over Boneworm, the Bone Snail is Taking Over
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By , on December 17th, 2010 4 comments   Adaptations, Evolution, New Research, New Species, Organisms   , , , , , , , ,  

You’ve all heard about the bone-eating zombie worm from hell. Yeah it was like OK, but whatever. It had its day like, you know, way back in the 2000s. Now though, all the rage is the BONE SNAIL! Yeah, that’s right the BoNe SnAiL!!! Its cooler than cool, just trust me. The Bone Snail is . . . → Read More: Move Over Boneworm, the Bone Snail is Taking Over

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Molluscs, now with 100% more awesum
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By , on March 7th, 2010 9 comments   Adaptations, Biology, Cephalopods, Mating & Reproduction, Opinion & Editorial, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

A blog war is starting to develop again. No I am not talking about this one. I am talking about the Great Invertebrate Wars. Everything was quiet until someone had to stir the pot. GIW I took many causalities with molluscs taking the clear win. Which invertebrate group will take GIW II? If polls are . . . → Read More: Molluscs, now with 100% more awesum

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You Should Fear and Respect the Radula
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By , on March 29th, 2008 3 comments   Adaptations, Opinion & Editorial, Organisms   , , , , ,  

Jim has decided that he will join the darkside for the Invertebrate Battle Royale. That’s fine! We wouldn’t want someone with such poor cognitive processes on our team. Jim’s attack centers on the idea that the Aristotle’s Lantern is cooler than the radula. Now I just cannot stand for this. Especially after reading about . . . → Read More: You Should Fear and Respect the Radula

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On How Mollusks are Cooler Than Echinoderms (or anything else) Pt. 3: The Radula
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By , on March 21st, 2008 One comment   Adaptations   , , , , , , ,  

In general, among Mollusks, the mouth opens into a buccal cavity. In most classes of Mollusks, the buccal cavity contains a tongue called the odontophore. The odontophore possess multiple rows of teeth called radula that chitonous and flexible. Among Mollusks the number of teeth can range from a few to over 100,000. The size, . . . → Read More: On How Mollusks are Cooler Than Echinoderms (or anything else) Pt. 3: The Radula

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