New Shrimp-Eating Mollusk Genus Discovered
Category: mollusk
A new species of shrimp-eating bivalve is discovered off Key West. Cool video.
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In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.

Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.
Category: mollusk
A new species of shrimp-eating bivalve is discovered off Key West. Cool video.
Posted by ableiman at 11:14 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: clam
Researchers from the University of Bangor recently discovered the oldest known animal on record, a 405 year-old clam, while dredging at the bottom of the North Atlantic above Iceland. Then they killed it. When I was your age, we used...
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