k Timber from a dike affected by shipworm, illustration 18th century Dutch illustration showing oak wood from a sea dike damaged by the common shipworm Teredo navalis mollusc. Shipworms can live and bore into submerged timber. During the early 1730s, shipworms caused a crisis damaging timber sea dikes, which later had to be faced with stones. Artwork by Dutch artist Jan Ruyter c. 17311735., by RijksmuseumSCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Stock Photo - Afloimages
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Timber from a dike affected by shipworm, illustration 18th century Dutch illustration showing oak wood from a sea dike damaged by the common shipworm  Teredo navalis  mollusc. Shipworms can live and bore into submerged timber. During the early 1730s, shipworms caused a crisis damaging timber sea dikes, which later had to be faced with stones. Artwork by Dutch artist Jan Ruyter c. 1731 1735., by Rijksmuseum SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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Timber from a dike affected by shipworm, illustration

18th century Dutch illustration showing oak wood from a sea dike damaged by the common shipworm (Teredo navalis) mollusc. Shipworms can live and bore into submerged timber. During the early 1730s, shipworms caused a crisis damaging timber sea dikes, which later had to be faced with stones. Artwork by Dutch artist Jan Ruyter c. 1731-1735., by Rijksmuseum/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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