limpet

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An increased heart rate can mean the limpet is experiencing heat stress, Lima, Seabra, and colleagues noted in a 2016 study.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2023

Navy blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on vessels that damaged tankers.

From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2021

In April the Saviz, an Iranian vessel anchored in the southern Red Sea, suffered damage to its hull believed to have been caused by limpet mines.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2021

Cyber Command had decided to target an Iranian spy group that had supported limpet mine attacks on commercial ships last week.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2019

Her fevered mind fastened like a limpet onto the notion that Estha was somehow responsible for Sophie Mol’s death.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy