Secrets of the clam tongue: a case study in opportunistic science outreach
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By , on July 16th, 2012 11 comments   Education, Scientist!   , , , , , ,  

Last week, a clam video went viral. (Get your mind out of the gutter, internet! I mean a bivalve! A mollusc! A lamellibranch!) For people who know how clams actually live, the misconceptions of this video are obvious. That’s not the clam’s tongue, that’s its foot. The clam is trying to use its foot to . . . → Read More: Secrets of the clam tongue: a case study in opportunistic science outreach

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Creatures from the Sewer
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By , on June 30th, 2009 156 comments   Organisms, Pictures and Movies   , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

The latest viral video is from the sewer under Cameron Village in Raleigh, NC. The mysterious creatures found are nothing short of disgusting and spectacular. This video has made its way to Video Sift and various cryptozoology sites. Speculations on the nature of this creature run from bryozoans, cnidarians, slime molds, and some mysterious . . . → Read More: Creatures from the Sewer

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