The Indestructible Deep Sea Snail

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Deep in the Indian Ocean, scientists have discovered a snail whose feet are covered in iron scales, making it look virtually indestructible. But how it builds these scales is still a bit mysterious to scientists. Join Olivia Gordon for a new episode of SciShow! Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliant’s Daily Challenges. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://academic.oup.com/mollus/article/81/3/322/1087877 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8576239_Novel_Forms_of_Structural_Integration_between_Microbes_and_a_Hydrothermal_Vent_Gastropod_from_the_Indian_Ocean https://science.sciencemag.org/content/302/5647/1007 https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103636217/10363626

Published 2019-09-21 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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