The Brain Scoop

The MAGNETO SNAIL! (and other marine gastropods) (2016x11)

Date de diffusion: Jun 02, 2016

In 2015, a deep-sea discovery was described to be unlike anything else in the animal kingdom. It was a snail with a shell made out of iron sulphide, with some populations also having magnetic properties in their unique exoskeletons. It made me wonder - what other magnificent marine snails are out there?