What a #mollusc shell and fiber optic cables have in common https://www.npr.org/2024/11/23/nx-s1-5199634/heart-shaped-mollusc-shell-resembles-fiber-optic-cables
Heart cockle shells transmit sunlight to photosymbiotic algae using bundled fiber optic cables and condensing lenses: Dakota McCoy et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53110-x
"the structure of the #HeartCockle's shell operates as its own kind of fiber #OpticCables to channel light to the #algae living inside it"
@alcootatooter no no no that was superhelpful 
I really had no idea those #oceans creatures exist!! When I sat down after visiting the beach looking at those pretty tiny pieces, they were all around the washed up lobsters, and googling the images did not return anything, so I made an assumption and am very happy to learn what they actually are!! Now I will look out for the whole #mollusc :D they washed up on the beach with a flood of bluebottles, and seeing these #marine #molluscs are from QLD I guess the warmer water might have brought them along...
Pearlescent shell of the nautilus ~ a tentacled marine mollusc related to the octopus ~ delicately carved with floral tendrils by Cornelis Bellekin in late 17th century.
Tentacle Snail
Just the way the plant stems were lined up looked interesting
I will be traveling with my husband and mother-in-law later this month, so I will probably not post much in September. (I'm also quite busy finishing my game right now!) I hope you'll enjoy these #Pixel_Dailies until I take off!
Lovely to be invited by Roos Ettema for a @vuamsterdam podcast to talk about the 2x award-winning SLABx3D teaching innovation and much more. You can now listen to my interview with Sem Barendse on Spotify (in Dutch)!
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