It has been claimed that chewing clams with cartilaginous jaws must be like felling a tree with a custard-filled sock. But, as Henry Gee explains, a custard-filled sock -- if expertly wielded -- can deliver a crushing bite.
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Gee, H. Soft, strong and very very wide. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000316-2
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