Shipworms can sink a boat. Northeastern researchers explain digestive process - Northeastern University College of Science
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Known as the clam that has sunk a thousand ships, shipworms are strange looking—and strange acting—animals.
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    In many ways, “the shipworm is kind of a tiny, natural model for a big cellulosic ethanol plant,” Distel says.

    Understanding how it functions can aid in the production of renewable liquid fuel from agricultural and paper waste, he says.