Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Some deep-sea snails reinforce their shells with iron sulfide. Not metaphorical armor. Literal metal. #MolluscMonday 35776105
huckleberrymike.bsky.social @huckleberrymike.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Iron Snailyoutu.beWhy The Greatest Field Jacket Ever Made Is Also The Cheapest.YouTube video by The Iron Snail 010
Overton Windowdressing @call-me-oatmeal.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Litteral in the "not actually litteral" sense of the word. 000
John Sandy @shand.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Iron Snail’s gonna get, all of you. Eventually.media.tenor.coma man with long hair is singing into a microphone in a dark roomAlt: Steve Harris playing Bass at an Iron Maiden gig. 000
bachlvrdwb.bsky.social @bachlvrdwb.bsky.social · 20/01/2026media.tenor.coma man in a mohawk says yeah yeahALT: a man in a mohawk says yeah yeah 010
Jason Gilbert @jrgilbert.bsky.social · 21/01/2026So are they magnetic? (just a weird random thought) 010
SavRTruthTiger 💙🌊🌊🌊💙 @michaeljjohnson.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Oh, the irony? Rewrite: The Man In The Mollusk Mask by Alexandre Dumas' 000
Captain Sidecar @captainsidecar.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I absolutely loved this when I found out about it. Iron snails are such a cool concept. 000
Robin’s Labyrinth @futureviahistory.substack.com · 20/01/2026When they reach the Bronze Age, its over 000
Ciudad De Escanaba @escanaba.bsky.social · 20/01/2026How do they accomplish this? Gathering and building? Excretion? 130
Lyssa, goddess of rage. @lacyc.bsky.social · 21/01/2026We are by far not the coolest animal in the planet. 000
bixtram.bsky.social @bixtram.bsky.social · 21/01/2026They have become aware of the possibility of a new Trumpish world order? 000
funklordoentropy.bsky.social @funklordoentropy.bsky.social · 20/01/2026I'm going to chemist you--iron sulfide is not metal...it is a salt 2130
rob mahurin @robtasm.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Different people mean different things by "metal" or "metallic." Is the shell electrically conductive? Is it ductile rather than brittle? Not all iron compounds are metallic. 020
Salamander Baby MPA @angryparakeet.bsky.social · 21/01/2026And probably would still suck at eating the algae on the walls of my aquarium. This post is in no way shaming my nerite snails. 000
sylkessth.bsky.social @sylkessth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I hate ai as much as the next. I needed it visualized so I asked gpt. We would be Nu Human. We could withstand hot summers or cold winters. Be super strong from carrying around the extra weight. Our bodies and bones would be more rigid and unbreakable Those with hemochromatosis this is our evolution 000
sylkessth.bsky.social @sylkessth.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I wish I could borrow that. I have hemochromatosis. It'd be perfect to take the excess iron and reinforce my body with it, instead of my organs 030
Ian Marriott @ianm-hull.bsky.social · 20/01/2026media.tenor.coma man playing a guitar with the words heavy metal intensifiesAlt: a man playing a guitar with the words heavy metal intensifies 0120
SZ, CEO & Founder @ X3EM @x3em.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Hey, I need some of that metal 3D printing! 000
