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Literally metal: The Scaly-Foot Snail ingests the toxic magma-fumes of hydrothermal vents and grows a coat of organic iron plates : r/natureismetal
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A big-hearted iron snail is the first deep-sea species to be declared endangered due to seabed mining. – DSM Observer
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The scaly-foot snail lives near mineral-rich deep sea hydrothermal vents. With the help of a symbiotic bacteria this mollusc is able to reinforce its fragile shell and body with iron. : r/Awwducational
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