The Volcano Snail
As you know I love sharing strange or even alien looking creatures on my blog.
Well, this one has pretty much normal looks. But it really stands out for being the only extant animal we know of that uses iron in the form of iron sulfide into its skeleton!
Meet Chrysomallon squamiferum, commonly known as scaly-foot gastropod, scaly-foot snail, sea pangolin. Oh, it has an even more badass and imo fitting nickname. The volcano snail!
But why volcano snake?
Simple. It likes heat. A lot! It lives several miles below the ocean surface on hydrothermal vents at depths of about 2.5 km. This environment isn't only super hot at temperatures often over 300C but also full of toxic chemicals lethal for most organisms.
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