While the snails do live at hydrothermal vents with lots of toxic minerals in the water around them, they don’t eat the minerals themselves. They are hosts for symbiotic bacteria that use those toxic minerals to grow, and the snails live off the energy and organic carbon produced by the bacteria.
It’s not entirely clear what the purpose of the scaly foot structures is, but it could be a part of the way that the bacteria detoxify the poisonous minerals. If bacteria that “eat” metals don’t come up with a way to keep their cells from becoming encased in the waste product of their metal metabolism, they die. So many metal-eating bacteria make fancy structures out of that metal waste, complexed with organic components. It’s a super cool way to live, but fairly difficult to study.
i think the worst thing ive ever done in my entire life was when i was 13 and on dA i replied with “zomg kira!!!! O.o” to someone informing me that their grandmother had a heart attack and died.
The lint shaver i got on amazon came w a card to request a free gift if i attached a screenshot of my review. lets see if i get fabric softener in the mail in 2-4 weeks
hi did you know they make the celestial seasonings sleepytime tea in the same town jonbenet ramsey was killed in? anyway yeah ill marry you if thats what you want
