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If Molluscs Could Communicate What Would They Say?

Dr. M September 6, 2010 acoustic adaptation Cephalopod ear echinoderms evolution Gastropod Geerat Vermeij Mollusc Morphology Predation RB Editor's Selection reprodcution sensory shell Sound

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?…

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Molluscs, now with 100% more awesum

Dr. M March 7, 2010 aplacophora Arthropoda Bernoulli body size echinoderms Gastropod Invertebrate Invertebrate Wars logarithimic spiral Mollusc Radula shell Vampire Squid

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…

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The Evolution of Iron-Clad Samurai Snails With Gold Feet

Dr. M January 21, 2010 aragonite armor Calcium Carbonate conchiolin Ed Yong Gastropod gold foot snail iron clad snail iron sulfide mantle Military predator samurai shell Snail

It is told in the Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai At the time of the attack on the castle at Shimabara, Tazaki Geki was…

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