Absurd Creature of the Week: The Badass Snail That Has a Shell Made of Iron
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When a Snail Becomes Iron Man — The Armoured Marvel of the Scaly-Foot Snail 🐌 Meet Chrysomallon squamiferum, the scaly-foot snail — the only animal known to build armour from iron. Living around super-hot hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean, this deep-sea gastropod armours itself with a three-layer shell and iron-sulfide–infused scales on its foot, giving it a natural exosuit worthy of Tony Stark. 🔍 What makes it extraordinary: Its shell has three distinct layers: an outer coating of iron s
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Sometimes called Volcano Snails, or even the Sea Pangolin, the Scaly-Foot Snail lives at deep-sea hydrothermal vents, wears iron-reinforced scales, and survives by hosting bacteria inside its body that turn toxic chemicals into food. 💅 Also, unfortunately, the same metal-rich vents that make this snail possible are now being considered for deep-sea mining, which would destroy both the snails and the entire ecosystem along. Nature is incredible. Humans are…complicated. ✨ #wildlife #biology #anim
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Creature of the day: The Scaly-foot Gastropod 🐌 Chrysomallon squamiferum, commonly known as the scaly-foot gastropod, scaly-foot snail, sea pangolin, or volcano snail, is a species of deep-sea hydrothermal-vent snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Peltospiridae. This vent-endemic gastropod is known only from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean, where it has been found at depths of about 2,400–2,900 m. In 2019, it was declared endangered on the IUCN Red List, the first spe
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