To celebrate Endangered Species Day, meet the scaly-foot snail, the most metal animal in the world

This snail became the first animal living on deep-sea hydrothermal vents to be added to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species—it also turns poisonous sulfur into armor

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May 15, 2026 - 17:00
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To celebrate Endangered Species Day, meet the scaly-foot snail, the most metal animal in the world

This snail became the first animal living on deep-sea hydrothermal vents to be added to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species—it also turns poisonous sulfur into armor

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