Category Archives: Scientific Research
Venomous Animals (Deadly Animals With Amazing Cures)
When most people think of venomous animals, their first reaction is to think of snakes. This is an accurate thought process as snakes are indeed venomous animals, infamous for killing individuals in a terrible way. However, snakes are not the only creatures that have evolved a chemical defense like venom. There are venomous birds, frogs, fish, even mollusks! The duck billed platypus contains a venomous barb on its hind paws that it can use for defense. Today’s post will deal with one of these venomous animals that should be coming into fame soon. The Geographic Cone Snail. Read the rest of this entry
Tritonia diomedia: The Orange Nudibranch
So lets dive right into it. (That pun will become inherently clear in the next few lines). Nudibranchs. My favorite topic and one you can expect to see a variety of and many posts on when I have nothing else to discuss. Nudibranchs are a shelless gastropod that belongs to the phylum Molluska (Mollusca if your from the USA. Personally I prefer the European version of Molluska). Little is known about why these creatures lack a shell when their cousins all have one. There are some who hypothesis that the nudibranchs have always lacked a shell. There are others who feel they have evolved to discard their shell and take on their current “slug” like appearance. Current research shows that small pieces of spicule/chitin, can be found in the body tissues of the nudibranch. Chitin is a chemical that is often found in most mollusk shells. Interesting right? Read the rest of this entry
