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@robotistry.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gyReposted by @dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy@KanaMauna @dantheclamman They also have color constancy, so they can identify the same colors under varying lighting conditions. Gd fish are almost as cool as cuttlefish!
@kanamauna.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gyReposted by @dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy@dantheclamman Oh, they are not dumb. Use to have a large tank with several fancy goldfish. They would get very excited when I came in the room and swim to the top looking for food. However, they’d ignore my kids and were lukewarm towards my wife and mother-in-law.
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gyNew solar-powered clam just dropped, part of a small club that partner with algae in their bodies for food! Geloina expansa lives in mangroves in South Asia and farms algae called zooxanthellae in its gills, the same type that corals partner with in a process […]
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gyAvoid anti-goldfish language! Be aware that when you accuse someone of having the memory of a goldfish, you are actually saying they have a prodigious ability to remember places and the overall spatial layout of their territory, allowing them to expertly navigate […]
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy@grammargirl @davidpierce at The Verge was testing Muse for his reporting with his company credit card, and found it came close to trying to buy a car on his card
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gyMy cat keeps a pretty accurate solar clock of important daily events (food time, walk time, etc), and we've reached the time of year when his estimates are rapidly changing in the day with the sun. I'm pretty sure I could cross plot it with solar declination and it would be closely related. He's […]
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy@pmonks @karlthefog such a good fog. The best fog
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gyI wrote a blog (and crunched some numbers) about the spread of golden mussels across California over the last couple years! These mussels have me shook.
http://dantheclamman.blog/2026/10/05/how-golden-mussels-are-conquering-the-golden-state/
@aquaclaire.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gyIn ancient Egypt, a shimmering golden fabric known as ‘sea silk’ was made from the anchor threads of Pinna nobilis clams: very fine but exceptionally tough and durable. A similar textile has been made with fibres from Atrina pectinata clams, cultivated for food in Korean coastal waters. The […]
@soaproot.sfba.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy@dantheclamman Roses are red
Violets are blue
Except it is more of a purple
Because of the anthocyanins
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gyMany bivalves live colonially. But how do the floating plankton larvae know where to settle? Researchers have determined that when baby mussels smell the pheromones of adult mussels, they are up to 85 times more likely to settle down and attach themselves! #clamFacts […]
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gyBlue and green are rare colors for shells (and rare across life in general). A new study finds blue shells may be due to carotenoid pigments, while green is due to structural coloration! https:// www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-61670-9 #clamFacts
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gyToday from the El Niño department: Sea turtle nests on Southern California beach for first time in recorded history
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gyKudos to the US Coast Guard for keeping folks safe (and giving hourly deadpan radio updates) about whoever made the very poor decision to tow a houseboat during yesterday's rough conditions in San Pablo Bay. Hope everything turned out ok, last we heard the houseboat "went adrift".
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gyYesterday I noticed a swarm of tiny water striders next to a boat dock on the Sacramento River. They move so fast that they are mostly a blur! I had seen them before but never had stopped to ID them. I learned from iNaturalist they are Rhagovelia distincta. I […]
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gyThe global bivalve trade is growing almost 10% a year. Challenges include harmful algae, pollution, invasive predators, and diseases, but overall, bivalves are a highly sustainable source of protein! Check the Monterey Seafood Guide to be sure, but many bivalve fisheries worldwide are stable and […]
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy@theodoraward I agree overall, though a lot of models we use to explain our data have probabilistic errors, which is part of their appeal, such as bootstrapping where we add probabilistic variability on purpose. but I think the core issue I have is that a language model can't really understand […]
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy@gneilyo oh yeah, SF has had some art/history museum closures too. Humanities related museums of all kinds are under a ton of strain
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy@KanaMauna @joeltruher I think you mean Aquarium of the Bay. Aquarium of the Pacific is in Long Beach and does pretty well
@dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy@KanaMauna yeah, every institution has mistakes and mismanagement. LA Zoo has had a bad couple decades, for example, and is now in a shitshow of a fight with the city. Philadelphia is about to lose its storied natural history museum. But SF seems unique in how its natural science institutions […]
