this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2023
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Mildly Interesting

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[–] Osea_3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I guess SpongeBob was accurate

[–] 100thCatMarch@kbin.cafe 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fun fact: Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of Spongebob, majored in marine biology and worked as staff artist in the Ocean Institute

[–] SeatBeeSate@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago
[–] emmanuel_car@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

So were shell blades in Ocarina of Time!

[–] AtheistComic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've watched this a dozen times and I still have no idea what's going on

[–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Basically if you wiggle in a fluid you push that fluid around you. The scallop moved via muscles it has, and shoves water down and away from its destination, which pushes it towards it.

It moves by opening and closing rapidly, to suck in and force out water.

Another way to say that is "You don't have to be graceful to swim", and scallops certainly fit that bill.

[–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh ha ha, here I thought it looked like those gangly things were appendages it was using to run across the ocean floor, but I guess it's just seaweed stuck to the shell?

[–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah. Dang that'd be neat though

[–] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Great galloping scallops, Batman!