A Snail So Hardcore It's Named After a Punk Rocker

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Shannon Johnson, a researcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, found that when she talked to youngsters about sea snails, she communicated a little more effectively if she skipped the technical description and called them "punk-rock snails."

"Their entire shells are covered in spikes," Johnson explains. "And then the spikes ...Read More

Source: NPR Science - ingested into KQED

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