Shell

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Europa is the smoothest solid object in our Solar System, thanks to its thick shell of ice. Yet beneath its smooth exterior, Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon seems to harbor secrets – namely a deep, salty...

Ancient Snail From 99 Million Years Ago Discovered With Hairs Growing on Shell : ScienceAlert

jslinfo October 31, 2022 0 Comment

A snail preserved in amber with an intact fringe of tiny delicate bristles along its shell is helping biologists better understand why one of the world’s slimiest animals might evolve such a groovin’ hairstyle....

Scientists Think They’ve Cracked The Mystery of This Cute Octopus And Its ‘Shell’ : ScienceAlert

jslinfo October 29, 2022 0 Comment

Long after its ancestors deleted their genetic code for a tough coat of armor, a seafaring octopus has reinvented a recipe for making a shell. A recent genetic analysis of the paper nautilus or...