Uploaded July 2014 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Power of the Disco Clam. Electric disco clams are well known to divers around the world and have long been thought to produce flashing lights through a chemical process called bioluminescence. New research has found there might be a new source to its power. Tune in to find out what it might be!
Disco Clam Footage © Lindsey Dougherty
Lindsey Dougherty et al. 2014. A dynamic broadband reflector built from microscopic silica spheres in the 'disco' clam Ctenoides ales. J. R. Soc. Interface dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0407
Article Link: goo.gl/yAUYCb
Music:
Intro: Brett Donnelly - Action Sting goo.gl/v7gaV
Soundtrack: HANSEMANN -- Krazy Kat goo.gl/rsgr0K
Power of the Disco Clam. Electric disco clams are well known to divers around the world and have long been thought to produce flashing lights through a chemical process called bioluminescence. New research has found there might be a new source to its power. Tune in to find out what it might be!
Disco Clam Footage © Lindsey Dougherty
Lindsey Dougherty et al. 2014. A dynamic broadband reflector built from microscopic silica spheres in the 'disco' clam Ctenoides ales. J. R. Soc. Interface dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0407
Article Link: goo.gl/yAUYCb
Music:
Intro: Brett Donnelly - Action Sting goo.gl/v7gaV
Soundtrack: HANSEMANN -- Krazy Kat goo.gl/rsgr0K
