Jenna Crowe-Riddell
@jcroweriddell.bsky.social
ARC DECRA fellow at Adelaide Uni. Evolution of reptile brains and senses 🦎🐍 🧠 👁️👃sea snake enthusiast 🌊🐍 former #Fulbright scholar
Reposted by Jenna Crowe-Riddell
Phoresis is the name for when one organism attaches to another for the purpose of travel, and pea clams (Sphaeriidae) are masters of it. They attach to birds, fish, salamanders, and even aquatic insects like dragonflies or water boatmen to get a ride upstream. Ride on, little clams! (293)
October 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Phoresis is the name for when one organism attaches to another for the purpose of travel, and pea clams (Sphaeriidae) are masters of it. They attach to birds, fish, salamanders, and even aquatic insects like dragonflies or water boatmen to get a ride upstream. Ride on, little clams! (293)