Dr. Dan Killamdantheclamman@scicomm.xyz
Oct 15, 2026, 1:57 AM@nev but what about the bean clams?! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donax_gouldii
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Oct 15, 2026, 1:58 AM@dantheclamman …the WHAT
are any of them blue
- Dr. Dan Killamdantheclamman@scicomm.xyzOct 15, 2026, 2:06 AM
- Oct 15, 2026, 2:07 AM
@dantheclamman Wait, those are coquinas?! I only otherwise encountered the word in Jeff Vandermeer's (Florida-inspired) Annihilation.
- Dr. Dan Killamdantheclamman@scicomm.xyzOct 15, 2026, 3:00 AM
@nev yes they are often called coquina... confusingly a sedimentary rock made of shells is also called a coquina, and you can have a coquina made of coquina
- Oct 15, 2026, 4:31 AM
@dantheclamman i think the sort mentioned in Annihilation is the rock-coquina, possibly the coquina conquina
May likes Torontomayintoronto@beige.partyOct 15, 2026, 2:11 AM@dantheclamman @nev They look like little pebbles! Oh they're so cute!