Template:Did you know nominations/Saxidomus gigantea

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 14:42, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Saxidomus gigantea

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~~... that toxins accumulated by butter clams can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning if eaten?~~

Reviewed: Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk) and EdChem (talk). Nominated by Cwmhiraeth (talk) at 07:14, 28 January 2019 (UTC).

Article is new enough, long enough (5x expansion), neutral, and well referenced. Hook is interesting and supported by inline source. QPQ is verified. No copyvio issues. Good to go. -Zanhe (talk) 03:45, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this, but I saw an interesting fact in footnote 3 which, if added to the article, would make a better hook: Sea otters and seabirds seem to be able to detect the toxin and avoid tainted clams, though humans cannot. Yoninah (talk) 13:48, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

@Yoninah: How about ALT1-

ALT1 ~~... that toxins accumulated by butter clams can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning in humans but sea otters and seabirds avoid eating the tainted clams?~~ Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:15, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Or:
ALT2: ~~... that eating butter clams can lead to paralytic shellfish poisoning, but sea otters and seabirds seem to know not to consume them?~~ Yoninah (talk) 14:21, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

@Yoninah: No. Usually the clams are good to eat and humans, otters and seabirds eat them, but when they are tainted, humans cannot detect the fact, but otters and seabirds seem to know that the clams should be avoided. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:41, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

ALT3: ~~... that otters and seabirds can detect when butter clams are toxic, but humans cannot?~~ Yoninah (talk) 17:20, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

I'm fine with ALT3. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:16, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. Zanhe, could you review ALT3? Yoninah (talk) 19:01, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

@Yoninah: The new hook is certainly interesting, but the source (and the article) is not so certain about the otters' and seabirds' ability. It only says they "seem to" be able to detect toxic clams. -Zanhe (talk) 21:01, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

So:

ALT3a: ... that otters and seabirds seem to be able to detect when butter clams are toxic, but humans cannot? Yoninah (talk) 21:06, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. ALT3a good to go. -Zanhe (talk) 21:14, 19 February 2019 (UTC)