2026-10-23 00:50 UTC
When European cockles (Cerastoderma edule) are young, they attach with byssal threads to algae and other objects. Sometimes this carries them to new places (phoresis)! A new paper discusses that they sometimes also are observed attached to the whiskers of seals. No word on if they attach to the beards of clam men. #clamFacts
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@dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz 2026-10-23 00:50
Read the study here: https://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/52.5_Seuront.pdf?__cf_chl_tk=MoBTNBwmsd78zHtVL9VcGfYBRZEbfLI1K0vvXBjejBY-1792714909-1.0.1.1-_lg2VuRkQpG4IRzyDwvYrZKYevi0tJNcJP8dDTbduWQ
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@evan@cosocial.ca 2026-10-23 00:51
@dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz wow, that would really bug me
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@Vanalope@timeloop.cafe 2026-10-23 01:08
@dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz seal bling!!
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@TheHag@bog.fan 2026-10-23 01:10
@dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz jaunty lip bling. 😅