Thursday, September 18, 2014

Razor clam

"A razor clam can dig one-third of a mile through underwater soil on the amount of energy in a double-A battery: it squeezes its shells together. Surrounding sand falls into the newly created space. Further squeezing draws water into the mix, making a pocket of quicksand that the clam pulls itself through." - Popular Science August 2014, p. 33

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