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Zebra Mussels are inedible shellfish

Gibsons

Gibsons

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They're an invasive species in the Great Lakes and other places. They grow quickly and clog up pipes. If they were delicious or something, it might not be such a problem.

Now technically, they might be edible, but they're too small to be practical and can harbor botulism.
 
would it make sense to try and crowd them out with edible shellfish?

That way at least we can get a renewable resource out of it and it won't be so costly to clean them off water intakes.

Just an idea.
 
I HATE those little bastards. They are great at slicing/cutting. Used to swim in lake Michigan a lot, now, have to wear protective gear so feet/ankles/legs dont get sliced open...

those things are sharp as hell and take a decent amount of force to break, like a bed a razor blades laying on the lake floor
 
My Zebra Mussel might have gotten Zebra Measles from another mussel at the doctors office! Mandatory Mussel vaccinations of they can GTFO of the great lakes!

Jenny McMussel is such a dumb bitch...
 
Gibsons said:
They're an invasive species in the Great Lakes and other places. They grow quickly and clog up pipes. If they were delicious or something, it might not be such a problem.

Now technically, they might be edible, but they're too small to be practical and can harbor botulism.
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Welcome to 1988.
 
Train said:
would it make sense to try and crowd them out with edible shellfish?

That way at least we can get a renewable resource out of it and it won't be so costly to clean them off water intakes.

Just an idea.
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They're crowding out larger, native shellfish.
 
BurnItDwn said:
I HATE those little bastards. They are great at slicing/cutting. Used to swim in lake Michigan a lot, now, have to wear protective gear so feet/ankles/legs dont get sliced open...

those things are sharp as hell and take a decent amount of force to break, like a bed a razor blades laying on the lake floor
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For anyone unfamiliar, that's not hyperbole. Brush up against those suckers and you're sliced open.
 
Some asshole brought his boat on the lake where my summer house is...and had these bastards on it. Now they are all over. They cling to anything and everything. Sure, the water is a lot clearer now than it was, but that just means more weeds.

When I take the pier out in the fall the posts are covered with these evil bastards. Nice thing is they haven't attached themselves to the boat yet. Thinking they won't since it gets used on the weekends.
 
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