CSS Hunley actually killed more Confederates than she did Federals. I have long been amazed that LT Dixon and his crew were still willing to have anything to do with the vessel, since they knew her history.
T. vandyensis snails vary in size, but on average, they are “about the length of a finger,” according to study lead author Rüdiger Bieler, a curator of zoology at the Field Museum in Chicago. Their shells measure up to 1 inch (25 millimeters) long and are tipped at one end by a narrow opening of about 0.2 inches (5.5 mm) in diameter, Bieler and his colleagues wrote in the study.
The snails are colorful creatures, with bright-orange faces that are visible through the openings in their shells, Bieler said. And they sport four appendages on their worm-like bodies, two of which are connected to slime glands similar to those used by garden snails to produce sticky trails.
But T. vandyensis uses its slime in a different way: It casts mucous strands in Spidey-style nets to trap plankton and other organic material. Afterward, it hauls in its prizes, eats the gooey net along with whatever food it was able to catch, and recycles the slime to produce a new snare, Bieler told Live Science.The worm snail T. vandyensis uses a mucous net to trap its plankton prey.
J Short over 7 years ago
Hunley got the dive portion of being a submariner, but forgot the all important surfacing part.
Neo Stryder over 7 years ago
Never let the greed doesn’t allow you to eat a good chilli.
corpcasselbury over 7 years ago
CSS Hunley actually killed more Confederates than she did Federals. I have long been amazed that LT Dixon and his crew were still willing to have anything to do with the vessel, since they knew her history.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
http://www.livescience.com/58541-spiderman-snail-discovered.html
T. vandyensis snails vary in size, but on average, they are “about the length of a finger,” according to study lead author Rüdiger Bieler, a curator of zoology at the Field Museum in Chicago. Their shells measure up to 1 inch (25 millimeters) long and are tipped at one end by a narrow opening of about 0.2 inches (5.5 mm) in diameter, Bieler and his colleagues wrote in the study.
The snails are colorful creatures, with bright-orange faces that are visible through the openings in their shells, Bieler said. And they sport four appendages on their worm-like bodies, two of which are connected to slime glands similar to those used by garden snails to produce sticky trails.
But T. vandyensis uses its slime in a different way: It casts mucous strands in Spidey-style nets to trap plankton and other organic material. Afterward, it hauls in its prizes, eats the gooey net along with whatever food it was able to catch, and recycles the slime to produce a new snare, Bieler told Live Science.The worm snail T. vandyensis uses a mucous net to trap its plankton prey.
Pedmar Premium Member over 7 years ago
There was a made-for-cable movie about The Hunley, and it was quite good.
Pedmar Premium Member over 7 years ago
Too bad they didn’t have good chili in Northfield, Minnesota.
Luanaphile over 7 years ago
It was never intended to surface. The entire crew consisted of Yankee spies including Hunley himself.
Angry Indeed Premium Member over 7 years ago
That snail has proved that boogers sure come handy sometimes!