Fiddler Crabs Moult for a Breath of Fresh Air
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By , on April 13th, 2010 12 comments   Adaptations, Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, New Research   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Uca pugnax says, “On guard blasphemer!” Image from fiddlercrab.info. Everyone knows that all crabs moult. Its no secret. When you wear you skeleton on the outside, its difficult to find the room to grow. Every now and then crabs and other arthropods (as well as a few other phyla) shed their exoskeleton or cuticle, resorbing . . . → Read More: Fiddler Crabs Moult for a Breath of Fresh Air

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Metal Taste Goood…Nom, Nom, Nom
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By , on June 8th, 2009 Leave a comment   Conservation & Environment, Microbes, New Research, Organisms   , , , , ,  

New research out in Microbiology reports on a strain of the bacteria Brachybacterium (Mn32) that can remove toxic metal manganese from solution by oxidizing in into a manganese oxide. This oxide then can absorb zinc and nickle ions three to four more times efficiently than that manganese oxide produced chemically. The next step is to . . . → Read More: Metal Taste Goood…Nom, Nom, Nom

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