Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago

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Bivalve molluscs are one of the most common types of opalised fossil at Lightning Ridge, but just because they're common it does NOT mean they're boring!

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0:00 Introduction
1:15 Molluscs: Not Actually Boring
3:25 What Even Is A Mollusc?
3:59 Okay, So What Even Is A Bivalve?
8:25 Mollucs: Still Not Boring
12:00 Ecological Storytellers
16:13 Like Old, Like New (and what the heck is dissolution?)
18:32 Conclusion
19:07 Acknowledgments

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