Here’s another case of invertebrates in pop culture.
A Finnish indie band called Saaret has a song titled Moss Animals, which is the common name for bryozoans!
Fittingly, the song’s cover features an image of a bryozoan embryo:
How can I tell that’s a bryozoan embryo? I studied them for years during my PhD. The shape and arrangement of the inner blastomeres are typical. But, mainly because the image is from one of my time-lapse movies of bryozoan development:
Had they contacted me, I would have been more than happy to offer high-resolution images for the cover or video clip. But I’m flattered anyway.
So what’s the song about? Bryozoans taking over the world!
Hat tip: Andreas Hejnol
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