Snippet: Shipworms that eat rocks
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Shipworms have long been a menace to humankind, sinking ships, undermining piers, and even eating their way through Dutch dikes in the mid-1700s. Now, researchers have found the first shipworm that eschews wood for a very different diet: rock.
Read more: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/rock-eating-worm-could-change-course-rivers
Read the research ($): rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/lookup/doi/10.1098/rspb.2019.0434
Video credit: Marvin A. Altamia and Reuben Shipway
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Read more: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/rock-eating-worm-could-change-course-rivers
Read the research ($): rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/lookup/doi/10.1098/rspb.2019.0434
Video credit: Marvin A. Altamia and Reuben Shipway
About Science Snippets:
These videos are short snippets from researchers' workoften videos used as data in a study or to demonstrate results in a paper. For context or additional explanation, check paper links and credits.
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