01-04-2009, 06:45 PM
Hello Mike,
well you are not really wrong. The mussels that are presently infesting the great lakes are Zebra mussels. Its just that before they were unfortunately introduced from Asia, the great lakes were happily filled with native pearly mussels. The pearly mussels are still there, but they are much less plentiful due to host of reasons including being smothered by zebra mussels. If you can find some of the native mussel for me, that would be excellent.
-Thank so much, Kevin
PS,
I posted below some pics of native mussels which as I said, a typically much bigger than those pesky Zebra mussels.
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well you are not really wrong. The mussels that are presently infesting the great lakes are Zebra mussels. Its just that before they were unfortunately introduced from Asia, the great lakes were happily filled with native pearly mussels. The pearly mussels are still there, but they are much less plentiful due to host of reasons including being smothered by zebra mussels. If you can find some of the native mussel for me, that would be excellent.
-Thank so much, Kevin
PS,
I posted below some pics of native mussels which as I said, a typically much bigger than those pesky Zebra mussels.
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