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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Byssal Filaments in Mussels

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Do you see the slender whitish "string" coming from this mussel? Those are called byssal filaments and they are why it can be dif...
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Orleans Village, Barton , Vermont, United States
“The Egyptian word for ‘cat’ is myw; when the missing vowels are inserted, this becomes meey’auw.” Eli Maor in Trigonometric Delights. Violets by Clarissa Munger Badger, a Connecticut botanical illustrator, 1806-1889.
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