What a #mollusc shell and fiber optic cables have in common https://www.npr.org/2024/11/23/nx-s1-5199634/heart-shaped-mollusc-shell-resembles-fiber-optic-cables

Heart cockle shells transmit sunlight to photosymbiotic algae using bundled fiber optic cables and condensing lenses: Dakota McCoy et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53110-x

"the structure of the #HeartCockle's shell operates as its own kind of fiber #OpticCables to channel light to the #algae living inside it"

#protists #symbiosis #mollusks #molluscs #animals #invertebrates

For the #printerSolstice prompt monochromatic I made a #linocut in tints of coral for your nature loving Valentine with three heart cockles (Corculum cardissa) and the words, “You warm the cockles of my heart”. Perfect for your favourite malachologist, beach comber or shell collector, 🐚

Corculum cardissa, the heart cockle, is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae found in the Indo-Pacific. 🧵1/
#printmaking #cockle #shell #valentine #sciart #heartCockle #MastoArt

Working on my next print for #printerSolstice prompt monochromatic.

Making Valentines for the malacologist/beach comber in your life. These are heart cockles! They will be in different tints of the same colour.

#printersolstice2024 #shells #sciart #heartCockle #cockle #invertebrates #linocut #printmaking #wip #carving #valentines #MastoArt