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FINE CHEMICAL DINING. Nestled in a bed of mussels are big, hairy, light-colored snails (Alviniconcha hessleri) and their darker cousins (Ifremeri nautilei). All these western Pacific–vent animals host bacteria that nurture the shellfish by filtering compounds from hydrothermal plumes and passing the chemicals on to the mollusks. Credit: C. Fisher/Ridge 2000 Program
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