Come closer.... a little closer....BOOM! 💥 Did you know freshwater mussels shoot their fertilized eggs (glochidia) at passing fish? The glochidia hitch a ride on the host fish's gills for several weeks before dropping to the stream bed to start their new life. Our native freshwater mussels are the foundation of healthy rivers and streams. They clean waterways, stabilize aquatic ecosystems, and have the coolest life cycle around. Video shows a largemouth bass grabbing a plain pocketbook mussel l
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This is a video clip of a Lampsilis mussel in the Conasauga River in northwest Georgia. She is displaying in order to attract a fish to come and snap at this lure, whereupon the parasitic mussel larvae, Glochidia, will attach to the skin and gills of the unsuspecting host fish! It is an amazing bit of trickery and affords a means of dispersal for this otherwise sedentary animal! After a while, the larval mussels drop off and begin a life of living in the substrate. This one was so noticeable tha
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Do you have your Halloween costume ready? This plain pocketbook freshwater mussel is cleverly disguised as a minnow and ready to lure unsuspecting fish to its lair. Freshwater mussels are experts at displaying these mesmerizing lures and can often appear to mimic minnows, worms, and even crayfish - the preferred prey of their host fish. When a fish comes in to take the bait, the mussel releases its glochidia (AKA babies) into the fish's mouth where they will attach to its gills and develop into
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