Shells | SciShow Tangents Podcast

Take control of your finances today. Go to https://RocketMoney.com/TANGENTS to get started! From eggs to tacos to Ninja Turtles, some of the best things in life come in shells. So cozy on up inside the nearest conch as we regale you with tales of shells from all across the scientific spectrum! Want more SciShow Tangents? Check out hundreds more episodes of our podcast here: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com, or wherever you get your podcasts! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen #scishow #podcast #comedy #science #education #scishowtangents #goldenratio #hermitcrabs #crab #ocean [Trivia Question] Golden ratio nautilus shells https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00004-018-0419-3 [Fact Off] Batteries made from crab shells https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(22)00414-3 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220901135827.htm https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-future-of-renewable-energy-may-be-this-battery-made-from-crab-shells https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/cycle-life https://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2023/march/crab-shells-could-help-power-the-next-generation-of-rechargeable-batteries.html Microplastics and hermit crab shells https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/hermit-crab-behaviour-affected-by-microplastics/ https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0030 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32343937/ [Ask the Science Couch] Mollusk shell development & secretion into spiral shapes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-seashells-take-shape/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-are-seashells-created/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10126-005-6029-6 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0810311106 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/how-a-snails-shell-gets-its-twist [Butt One More Thing] Wood-boring bivalve that creates fecal chimneys https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-022-01306-z https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/down-and-dirty-most-unusual-bivalve