I have a confession. I am obsessed with ridiculously large and small things. While other children impatiently anticipated toys for Christmas, I enjoyed just as…
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Tag: Mollusc
How the Gastropod Got Its Twist
All snails and their ancestors, the Gastropods, share a common feature. We people with fancy Ph.D.’s in biology call this a synapomorphy, a word derived…
View More How the Gastropod Got Its TwistPerverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!
This is a repost from my former blog The Oyster’s Garter and was originally published on March 24, 2008. I’m re-posting in honor of Kate…
View More Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!Janet Voight: In 1860s “Educated People Could Not Envision” Life on the Seafloor
Dr. Janet Voight of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago talks about exploring deep sea ecosystems and her research on deep sea marine…
View More Janet Voight: In 1860s “Educated People Could Not Envision” Life on the SeafloorAngels in Antarctica
“Don’t blink. Blink and you’re dead. Don’t turn your back. Don’t look away. And don’t blink.” – The Doctor The Weeping Angels are the monster…
View More Angels in AntarcticaThe Slug Song, and more from Dr. Krug the slug drug lug
I first discovered Dr. Pat Krug when he gave a talk at Scripps and revealed that he had named a new species of sea slug…
View More The Slug Song, and more from Dr. Krug the slug drug lugIf Molluscs Could Communicate What Would They Say?
Why don’t animal’s use wheels in locomotion? Why aren’t blue whales bigger? Why are there no freshwater starfish? Why are there no tree dwelling cephalopods?…
View More If Molluscs Could Communicate What Would They Say?Giant. Freaking. Clams.
That is all.
View More Giant. Freaking. Clams.Molluscs, now with 100% more awesum
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…
View More Molluscs, now with 100% more awesumBehold the Jack of Diamonds!
Eric at The Other 95% has been revealing a new card from an NSF funded mollusc playing card set. This set is awesome (disclaimer –…
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