Shipworms ~ Everything You Need to Know with Photos | Videos
Shipworms ~ Everything You Need to Know with Photos | Videos
Apr 14, 2015
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After storms on Gulf beaches, driftwood logs sometimes wash ashore filled with shipworms. Despite the name, shipworms aren’t worms—they’re marine clams that bore into wood and live inside it. Using tiny shell plates, they tunnel through driftwood, docks, and pilings. Special bacteria help them digest wood, making shipworms an important (and destructive!) part of the Gulf’s marine ecosystem. In this video, we take a closer look at shipworms exposed in washed-up logs and the damage they leave behi
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After storms on Gulf beaches, driftwood logs sometimes wash ashore filled with shipworms. Despite the name, shipworms aren’t worms—they’re marine clams that bore into wood and live inside it. Using tiny shell plates, they tunnel through driftwood, docks, and pilings. Special bacteria help them digest wood, making shipworms an important (and destructive!) part of the Gulf’s marine ecosystem. In this video, we take a closer look at shipworms exposed in washed-up logs and the damage they leave behi
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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. But in 2019, researchers found the first shipworm that eschewed wood for a very different diet: rock. Learn more: https://fcld.ly/89jptx5 #ScienceReels | Science
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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. But in 2019, researchers found the first shipworm that eschewed wood for a very different diet: rock. Learn more: https://fcld.ly/89jptx5 #ScienceReels | Science
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