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Nature's softest creatures, hiding genius behind shells, slime, and the occasional crushing tentacle.
means A soft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled, including snails, clams, squid, and octopuses.
from From Latin molluscus, meaning soft, via mollis, the same root that gives us mollify and emollient.
Big brainsOctopuses are the smartest invertebrates alive.
Second placeMolluscs are Earth's second-largest animal phylum.
Blue bloodMany use copper, not iron, to carry oxygen.