Silent Invaders Episode 2: Zebra & Quagga Mussels

Wildlife Forever teams up with the North
American Fishing Club and our other partners to produce our first television show: Silent Invaders. A quick moving information series on invasive species and what you can do to help protect you favorite waters. This is episode 2 covering the devastation of zebra and quagga mussels..

[@bullsfan23gg53]

They should show the last part in boaters saftey courses to get your certification in michigan in my opinion.

[@803brando]

they are already at the colorado river. all california lakes require hull inspection before launching.

[@markblix6880]

Our 200 acre lake in Illinois had mussels then we introduced Shellcrackers which is a Red Ear sunfish. Dont know if we have any now. I put one in a bucket for a day and it pooped ground up shells.

[@americanunderwaterservices]

We just had to deal with them Texas style

[@realtruth172]

maybe put some Alaska king crab in Lake Michigan . what enemy do they have in Europe ?

[@TheShyMusician]

I'm studying for my Zoology exam and watching this video helped me a lot since one of the questions in the test will be about this specific member of the Class Bivalvia. Thank you! Quick question by the way, what will happen to those Mussels after they're contained or captured? Just curious.

[@VRtechman]

Might have to burn them off! 🧐

[@GreenPeaceAdmin]

I like this show :)

[@americanunderwaterservices]

We just had to deal with them Texas style

[@VRtechman]

The Material Sciences may have to come up with surfaces that these mussles can't adhere to. Using phemto cell lasers I think it's possible to do!

[@IndraJayaGroup]

Came here after moss ball contamination in US.

[@johnanderson9919]

thats amazing... well, im here in florida, they are already here.

[@skinpro2000]

Would crawfish eat this muscles?

[@ThaBassWhisperer]

Damn things are all over the place here in Ontario

[@piki2pikachu]

How do they even reproduce?

[@79tazman]

I live in Canada on the north shore of Lake Erie and I remember when the zebra mussels came it has made a mess of the lakes and now the gobie is here and they really suck

[@daddyrabbit835]

I just started scuba diving this year and both goby and zebra mussels are EVERYWHERE in Lake Huron.

[@americanunderwaterservices]

We just had to deal with them Texas style

[@tobysirus4996]

17:33. If it only takes one Michigan is doomed!

[@EpicMemz]

is the mussels living things?? anyone watching this in 2021?

[@chronicmommy]

99% of the commenters: obviously didn’t watch the whole video 🙄

[@hello-on4kb]

I’m in school ok I’m bored of this

[@chronicmommy]

@@hello-on4kb well you can’t eat them 😂 js

[@americanunderwaterservices]

We just had to deal with them Texas style

[@lookingaround888]

Maybe for ornamental fish rearing purpose they can be used as natural aquarium filter to make the water in the fish tanks clear so that one does not have to clean their fish tanks more often. My observation of sucker catfish to keep the fish tank clean is that overtime the tank still remain dirty because these sucker catfish can still poop a lot. These mussels can make the water look clear in short period, it means they can also be used to make the water look clear in any fish tank.

[@realtruth172]

feed em to the cats

[@xxgenerallxx7872]

Zebra mussels are so annoying I get them up in Lake Michigan

[@mollies13]

So its legal to eat them safe to eat em?
can cops let you take all??

[@americanunderwaterservices]

We just had to deal with them Texas style

[@haydenhass4301]

we can use these to kill of asain carp and then use crabs like norm lor was saying

[@louisvilleslugger3979]

So what were we importing/exporting to/from Eastern Europe in 1995? And what ?

Oil from the Caspian.

[@TrueSavage555]

how about release puffer fish into the lake

[@aaronjohnson8211]

sounds like better fertilizer than phosphate

[@coachchris548]

Send in the Asian carp

[@THEGREENHELIUM]

Deploy the Asian carp

[@Subvert1024]

On a different note does anyone know if you can eat these if they are grow in clean water? Can they be used to make pearls? Some see Zebra and Quagga mussels as an invasive species but I see them as potential domestic species.

[@windolite]

I want what you’re smoking

[@tysonmitchell3015]

Places like texas dont even realize the market that just fell into there hands catch and sell them bcuz i no ppl that love them munch munch lol

[@mikefox9948]

Does it effect Lake Berryessa?

[@Juan-dv8om]

I wondered why don't we just eat the mussels? are they not edible?

[@luckybon3966]

they too small , u hav like one grain of meet in that lel

[@luckybon3966]

lucky bon meat *

[@NoTeaBaggers]

lucky bon meet? (sic) Speake English?

[@rachaeltsoi9760]

X X translation they are too small, they have about one grain of meat in it

[@americanunderwaterservices]

Yuck

[@gorenoisebulldozer140]

Just put out a 4 cent per muscle bounty

[@nambinhvu]

What do these scientists think will happen once the mussels run out of food? They'll drive themselves into extinction, just forget about eating fish, sorry, no more salmon. Lol

[@americanunderwaterservices]

We just had to deal with them Texas style

[@NoTeaBaggers]

Ha ha, discharge your water? Almost every recreational boater I have met / boated with is too lazy to spend a few minutes to do so.

[@tube8h]

I cannot take man with flower accessory on his hair seriously

[@vicktor440]

Isn't a world wide economy great