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Explore Ferreraella populi, a deep-sea chiton whose magnetite-coated radula acts like iron anvils, letting it gnaw through waterlogged wood at crushing depths. The episode untangles how its iron teeth power a closed-loop micro-ecosystem with waste-eating worms, and how a global online poll named the species 'populi' in a landmark act of participatory taxonomy. Dive into how the deep ocean keeps surprising us with resilience and ingenuity.
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