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Shells
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Snail Snap: A Rare Type of Exoplanet
Astronomers are studying exoplanets and have found a rare type of exoplanet that they call conch planets because their winds run in a distinct cycle. Archaeologists were using a CT scan to study the wrappings of an Egyptian mummy when they found a layer containing an elaborate design made with shells of large form and ifera, a type of amoeboid protist. So is it Snail Snap, story number one, an app that lets users help snails take their shell fees or story number three, Egyptian mummies or amoeba shell jewelry?
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