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Massimo (mirror)

rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social

New Zealand uses mussel farms to naturally cleanse seawater, improving ocean health without any chemicals. Original post

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Tangomeister

tangomeister.bsky.social

Yet, for some insane reason that I can't reconcile with, I like eating them.

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brainthink

brainthink.bsky.social

This isn’t new people. It’s good practice, but it’s not like the first time this was done anywhere. This is done elsewhere in the world as well, and yes, also in America. So please cool your jets on the shitposting.

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Lukas Parker

lukasparker.com

Could mussels fix the reflecting pool?

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Matt O’Dour

mat-a-dor.bsky.social

It’s not really like that, these are farms for food that’s all. The seawater they are in is not contaminated either - otherwise they’d be worthless

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SteveH

sghendricks.bsky.social

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dunnersmads.bsky.social

Bullshit. The mussels need to be in clean water to fit for consumption

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Jeff E. Guy

jeffyguy.bsky.social

And I feel like William Tell Maid Marian on her tiptoed feet Pulling mussels from a shell Pulling mussels from a shell

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@LuLuRoche

luluroche.bsky.social

awesome

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🎬👨🏼‍🎤Asian🎭🌸🍡Dramas!🎭📽️

apop-adramalvr.bsky.social

Nature's intelligence is best

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4MaRS

4mars.bsky.social

Why does this look like AI video? 😒

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mssmithy.bsky.social

I love this kind of innovation

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jeanrene62.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c4H...

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mrnthylcns193624vr.bsky.social

Now THAT is brilliant!

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kebidoor.bsky.social

What a tasty strategy!

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Donald (not the Facist) - 🥲USA 🇨🇦Friendly

dn-ny-mtl.bsky.social

New Zealand green mussels are also delicious.

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luq73.bsky.social

They look happy.

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Gene47

gene47.bsky.social

Looks like good, inexpensive, eating.

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Bluebagger57

bluebagger57.bsky.social

AND New Zealand green-lipped mussels are an exceptional seafood choice, renowned worldwide for their large size, tender-yet-firm texture, sweet ocean flavor, and standout sustainability. They are also prized for powerful health benefits, particularly for joint and muscle care. WIN. WIN.

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Grateful-1.bsky.social

grateful-1.bsky.social

America could learn soooo much from other countries, like New Zealand‼️

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beachydreams.bsky.social

Looks like the most beautiful swim competition lanes ever lol. I would've been happy to go to practice if it was in a beautiful place like that...well minus the sharks of course.😏

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JilleenST

jilleenst.bsky.social

They looked like lane lines.

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lake erie girl

alg1716.bsky.social

The US would do that,too, but only if they could sell the mussels to us for food.

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Jim Ziegler

jlz-geneology.bsky.social

Not to my taste, but aren't mussels a normal food for lots of seaside inhabitants?

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AndyDenizen

andydenizen.bsky.social

That's why I don't eat mussels. Filter & concentrate gunk from sea water...

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Gary Knowles

garyknow.bsky.social

Wonderful.

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Just James

bojabi.bsky.social

Venice has muscle beach. But it is neither clean nor natural.

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Mcnutt

ginny1956.bsky.social

🙌👍

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rikds.bsky.social

So the mussels remove the bad stuff. Do they then store it until we eat them?

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JamCraze

sammatt00.bsky.social

1/2 It is impressive really. Mussels slightly open their shells to siphon in water. Then, trapping particulates in their hair (cilia) filtering system, they push out the particulate-free cleaned water. They eat what is good for them, and excrete neatly packaged waste that falls to the ocean floor.

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Nici

nici17.bsky.social

NZ Positive  environmentalism. 👏

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Nici

nici17.bsky.social

Great idea.

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M E Moran

magdamoran.bsky.social

Wow...so awesome !

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daslucky.bsky.social

Great idea..Helping the environment. What a concept 😊

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Antoine 🐜

sirbant.bsky.social

Native wild mussel beds were historically lost due to dredging. Commercial farms mimic some benefits of these lost reefs. It's commercial food production not purely water purification !

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klomeliruns.bsky.social

And it’s great for a lap swim! 😁

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Francisco Blaha

franciscoblaha.bsky.social

NZ uses mussel farming to make money. It's one of the biggest seafood exports, so you need clean, productive waters from the start. Many argue that the plankton biomass ingested by mussels affects the natural balance because it is not available for other organisms.

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Nika BookWitch

monaatherwindows.bsky.social

A lot of the cat food from New Zealand has mussels as an ingredient... wonder if this is where they are sourcing them from.

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Stella Jorette

stellajorette.bsky.social

It's always surprised me that ocean filter feeders are used as food.

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jean winters

jeanwinters.bsky.social

I want to seek asylum…

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willem van Kruijsdijk

svkw.bsky.social

So when you eat mussels then you eat…..

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Jus 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🚜 🌲

defaoite26.bsky.social

That's disgraceful...using Mussels to improve our seas 🌊 👍

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SavRTruthTiger 💙🌊🌊🌊💙

michaeljjohnson.bsky.social

Meanwhile, we feature an algae-ridden Reflective Pool That our President uses for wrongful arrest distractions A one-two punch of corruption

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AvA

ava4bleue.bsky.social

AWESOME

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Susan C. T.

arts-letters.bsky.social

Yes, this is the way! Using naturally cleansing organisms!

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Sharon Blady⁷

sharonblady.bsky.social

Clean water - and dinner!

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jahbottle.bsky.social

and they are yummy and cheap in NZ

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Feelin Blue, girl

gdalander.bsky.social

But would you eat the mussels?

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Paul

pakman22.bsky.social

Reflecting Pool Contractors….are you listening?

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Eric Barnes

ebarnescalgary.bsky.social

You could almost swim lanes there

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Sublime espresso martinis

400ppmco2wtf.bsky.social

So how is a major corporation supposed to extract profits from THIS process?

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suzanneelaine

suzanneelaine.bsky.social

Hard working mollusks!

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furafollas

furafollas.bsky.social

what’s the source of this info?

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pepperoni-dogfart.bsky.social

Are we sure it's to clean ocean water and not just "farming"? Cause the ocean is really really big so the effect would be unnoticeable and people like to eat mussels.

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Voice of the Dogs

cekiritz.bsky.social

Beautifully inspiring!

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cheryl1878.bsky.social

We put sh*t in ours 🤬

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SpicyBrainsUnite

mrssmells.bsky.social

TIL. That is pretty amazing. This is the world i want to fight for out of the grasp of tyranny and greed

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occupystephanie

occupystephanie.bsky.social

Humans doing good rather than war!

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elena koshka

elenakshofficial.bsky.social

Human beings surprise me more and more every day

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Sally

wotsnottolike.bsky.social

Those fish are not in New Zealand - this is likely AI generated. The mussel farms are commercial enterprises and the mussels mostly go to Japan. When the barges lift the ropes and scrape the mussels off, all the waste goes straight back into the sea where it rots.

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Spiralyn

spiralyn8.bsky.social

They look like long rows of underwater flowers.

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Achim I. Czerny

achimczerny.com

Nature-based solutions like this are everything! 🌊 Beyond the climate crisis, our oceans are at the absolute forefront of what we need to protect. Fun fact: Marine organisms produce over 50% of the Earth's oxygen. If the ocean doesn't breathe, we don't either. Awesome to see NZ leaning into this!

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Phoenix Russell

phoenixrussell.bsky.social

Globalism to socialize all agriculture!!! Capitalism is rapists raping environments for profit. Ethical permaculture isn’t the trademark of terrified people who will starve if they don’t make a profit.

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thecatsuncle.bsky.social

Just don’t eat the mussels???

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enzodonna.bsky.social

SMART! Pay attention world 🌎

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Ken

kenwnc.bsky.social

Bioremediation, interesting . . . 😊 I've read of this being done with sacks of fungal mycelium too on poorly developed land areas to renew plant growth and restore nutrients to the soil.😊

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canuckistanian69.bsky.social

What do they do with the mussels?

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Mike Puke

mikepuke.bsky.social

I'm from NZ and i can promise you that NZ's "clean green image" is just that, an image. We're as filthy as everyone else. Especially with the backwards, right wing, shit Government we have at the moment.

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Luckiiyu🍀🍀🍀

luckiiyu7.bsky.social

@tinakotek.bsky.social #TinaKotek

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mongoknowsmost.bsky.social

Hey I’ve got a great idea. Figure out how the environment works, so it works for humanity.

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Earthkeeper💜🔮🦋

shamanicearthkeepe.bsky.social

Wow

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WgwWvf

jenwen2011.bsky.social

😘🌎🫡

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miffedmennogooner.bsky.social

Do we eat the contaminated mussels, then? Or where do the filtered substances end up?

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mr krinkle 🤘🏼💙✊🏽

yourbudgirl62.bsky.social

Australia is doing the same! meanwhile in America...😣

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lisdoon.bsky.social

💙💙💙

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marylouiseplease

marylouiseplease.bsky.social

How nice for New Zealand to move swiftly into the 21st century while the United States reverts back to 1939 Germany.

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Aleutian Stares

guasha.bsky.social

What's going to clean the waters of the Strait of Hormuz once trump is done with his game of blowing things up (as lindsey graham said trump likes to do)?

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Aleutian Stares

guasha.bsky.social

"OmegaXL sources its ingredients primarily from green-lipped mussels harvested from the pristine waters of New Zealand. This unique extraction process is designed to ensure the product is free from harmful levels of toxins." Hmmm

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Christine

psychicmum.bsky.social

Mother natures filter system🙏🏻💙

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Veda Konduru

vkonduru.bsky.social

Brilliant. ❤️

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Bouvier Mom

bouvierdogmom.bsky.social

I love mussels !

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sidseven.bsky.social

Salt, Apparently Being The Difference Quagga Zebra Delta Charlie, The Tuna!

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RichieP

richiep5.bsky.social

Genuine question. Where does the crap they filter out go?

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mwplunkett.bsky.social

It’s basic mussel farming

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pjruth.bsky.social

When I see all these wonderful, safe and effective ideas from other countries, I feel we are the backward population.

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Kaos von Mayhem

kaosvonmayhem.bsky.social

Not to mention that steamed mussels are good eating.

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🇬🇧Trump dead yet? 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇬🇱

anton-decque.bsky.social

Mussels clean all kinds of nasty shit out of seawater leaving it in great condition. Very laudable. Then we eat the mussels. That means we get to eat the oceanic equivalent of the contents of the vacuum cleaner bag.

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bug

spammyspam.bsky.social

am i the only one who thinks this video looks suspiciously ai...

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LuluHoney

luluhoney.bsky.social

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TRDowden

trdowden2.bsky.social

Must be wonderful to live in a country whose leaders don't think green energy is 'gay' and 'woke' while they take millions from the people poisoning the planet.

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robertjeff57-58.bsky.social

Brilliant idea

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mmothnadine.bsky.social

😮 WOW!!! If true, THIS IS BRILLIANT!! The best ways to combat dangers to our natural resources + environment is by employing nature to do its job = Why it’s so important that we pay attention to other species + study their behavior intensely for they share untapped MAGICAL abilities!!!

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SusanSpicer

ssm29usmc.bsky.social

Where there's a will, there's a way . . .

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raventerp1.bsky.social

One adult oyster in the Chesapeake Bay can filter 50 gallons of water a day.

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The Duke of Brittany 2

dukeofbrittany2.bsky.social

👌👌👌👌👌

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS

rockymountviews.bsky.social

Do they harvest them for appetizers, too?

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Democracy and Dog lover 🌊 🦋 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🟧 🎀

kentann.bsky.social

It's amazing what nature can do if we just listen. That's what science is doing, btw, so let's promote scientists and leave RFKjr by the side of the roadkill.

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Peggy from PA

peggyfrompa.bsky.social

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mom-as.bsky.social

In Montenegro they use mollusk farms to help with the waste from fish farming. They must have a mollusk area for every fish farming area.

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loubumb2013.bsky.social

How exciting…innovation in motion😊

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ivanorest.bsky.social

Visit www.fundtransfertools.com

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ivanorest.bsky.social

Visit www.fundtransfertools.com

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lexatoz

lexatoz.bsky.social

New York has used oysters (pronounced “erstas”) to clean up a toxic canal and the lower Hudson harbor. I wouldn’t consider swimming in the waters or eating “oysters with jobs”, but the clean up is very effective. www.billionoysterproject.org

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josefazula.bsky.social

Isn't that what Mother Nature does?

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Tony Hafoka Ao NZ TON

ahafoka.bsky.social

This is incorrect! NZ mussel farms produce mussels for human consumption and need clean water to start with. Best you delete the post.

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sTu

rangers2.bsky.social

But how are they monetizing it? Do they even have a plan for steady, neverending growth? What about the shareholders? Think of all the lost business for chemical corporations.

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Jackie C. @ Jackiegardens@bsky.social

jackiegardens.bsky.social

Brilliant

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Nicola 🍁🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦😎

nick-lav.bsky.social

Whoa 😳…. Awesome 😎✊

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Maddie

maddie00.bsky.social

A belief in science is believing in possibilities.

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ilovecouy26.bsky.social

Zebra Mussel’s have invaded the Great Lakes and the waters are much cleaner but they have decimated some native fish in the mean time So not all good but in nature nothings perfect!

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Donkey

marshmallowpie.bsky.social

Okay sure but this video is AI, let's see a real video of the actual operation instead of what AI THINKS it looks like.

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jtickel STAND WITH UKRAINE

tickedoff.bsky.social

rest of world working double-time to hold the environmental line the US has made so fragile.

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🤘Miami Nice

crabbypatty.bsky.social

meanwhile their dairy industry is doing more harm than good milked.film

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mickhare2129.bsky.social

Do they suspend the mussels on plastic rope? There are better alternatives.

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Robert McMillan 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

robertmcmillan13.bsky.social

I wondered ... seagrant.gso.uri.edu/oysters-clea...

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Suzan Cee ☀️

schasse60.bsky.social

🩵🩵🩵

FB

frodo58.bsky.social

frodo58.bsky.social

Do you remember the Rhino in the movie Jumanji? The first one with Robin Williams. The Rhino was running with the herd, at the end of all the "Others" in the stampede while struggling to keep up. I think the US (we) is the Rhino now. Trump is the RINO and he's not even trying to keep up! He Quit!✌️💙🖖

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Dii Moffatt

diimoffatt.bsky.social

If the current Conservative government hears about this they will probably find an excuse to close them down, despite the profits they bring in.

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etsisusi.bsky.social

other countries are so far ahead of us when it comes to taking care of the environment.

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watersign719

watersign719.bsky.social

Just checkout the OMEGA-XL joint relief commercial, you'll see. Same place!

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Lori F

tropicaldreamer.bsky.social

New Zealand’s government really is amazing.

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Derek Mulready 🇮🇪🇪🇺

dpp7541.bsky.social

Crustaceans Caught in Class A waters from the last of the Irish hunter-gatherers. From around the Irish Coast. Are delivered to all major capital cities worldwide twice weekly. Boston. New York. Paris. Berlin. Madrid. Beijing and Tokyo. "Dublin Bay Prawns" are Sold as a Delicacy 🇮🇪🇪🇺

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Derek Mulready 🇮🇪🇪🇺

dpp7541.bsky.social

English inshore fishing industry is Prohibited from selling Crustaceans into the EU. They have been known to cause Diarrhoea if eaten. Verious British Government's have allowed Private Water Companies to Pump Millions of Gallons of Untreated Human Excrement into the North Sea. and La Manche. 🇮🇪🇪🇺

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noahs-arc0602.bsky.social

A lovely place to see

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Ivan’s mom

ivansmom.bsky.social

But but but where’s the money in that?! Why we’ll never see it

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Felis silvestris

leopard101.bsky.social

tasty too

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Joyley

mendourcountry.bsky.social

Meanwhile in the US, Dr. Phil is trying to invade Greenland. We are beyond being a laughing stock! We're the idiot that won't stop banging its head on the wall and wonders why it hurts.

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SteveO

otthouse.bsky.social

So much OmegaXL amirite True Crime folks?? 😂

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spooky boops

spaduf.bsky.social

I'm having such a hard time believing this isn't AI

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B. KITCHING

bjkmusic.bsky.social

The rest of the world is so much more aware and smarter than the US

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Rusty

rusty-baxter.bsky.social

Are they still fit to eat?

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Capt Anthony Cummins aka Tonz.

captaintonz.bsky.social

We have been saying this to the UK government for years. www.linkedin.com/pulse/north-...

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Owen D. V. Sholes, Ph.D.

solidagobro.bsky.social

And their green-lipped mussels are quite tasty. A win-win! Oh, and PEI farms mussels, too. Different species, also tasty.

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The Wizard Of Snark, Magician Of The Tribunal Of The Imagination

tribimagin.bsky.social

Makes sense... bivalves are filter-feeders. And darn tasty!

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Hildemara🌷

hildemara.bsky.social

Mollusks are the filters of the sea and oceans

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Karen

karenpearny.bsky.social

If they filtrate water of pollutants … wouldn’t want to eat them at all.

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safexxi.bsky.social

If they are green lipped mussels there’s a market for them in the pupper industry. Apparently with a 6% presence, it’s a great alternative to expensive pain medication for dogs. www.akc.org/expert-advic...

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karenklw.bsky.social

It’s truly amazing what science can bring into being that is healthy, clean and not corrupted by conglomerates that are only in business for the sake of mega profits for a select a few. 

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Chowdaddy

chowdaddy.bsky.social

There are all kinds of wonderful things that we could be doing if we only had leaders with integrity and insight.

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Desmond Doomsday

zeegee04.bsky.social

That is an AI video though... show me the real farm!

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Breve-latte man

fredd56.bsky.social

This is why I eschew filter feeders.

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pgzulian.bsky.social

Still, cleanup mussels have to be harvested, sent to industrial composting, deep-land burial, or specialized incineration. Avoid polluting seawater in the first place would be far cheaper and much easier to do.

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Glenn

glennfc.bsky.social

Hmmm.... that's fine providing we don't expect to eat the mussels! Otherwise they are just condensing the contamination into our food chain .....

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🎶’Help’ Me If You Can I’m Feeling Down 🎶

nettem.bsky.social

Imagine, coming up with innovative, clean ways to deal with the environmental problems

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HydroKeychain=RadicalLeftScum,Dumocrat

keychain60.bsky.social

White wine... butter... garlic... shallots... parsley... sun dried tomatoes... Crusty bread... YUM...

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Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.

mirimg.bsky.social

That’s the natural way to do it. 👏👏👏

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lakemanard.bsky.social

We used to be a country of environmental stewardship. Now with Dumpster in office along with his sycophants stewardship only applies to how much money they can put in their pockets at the expense of beautiful programs that protect our lands.

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aussiewitch.bsky.social

New Zealand grows mussels for consumption in very clean water.. NOT to clean the water

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Deborah B. Waldron

buttercup51.bsky.social

Smart idea. Thanks for sharing.

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waiting74patiently

waiting74patiently.bsky.social

Brilliant, I remember seeing tons of mussels attached on every surface along the MA coast when I was a young man. Mats of mussels clinging to rocks, Pier pilings, boat hulls and some beaches, they were prolific and as ubiquitous as the squawking seagulls circling overhead.

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Wolf

mintoelliot.bsky.social

New Zealand, a land full of beauty and intelligence.❤️🫂

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Al Ian

jimilouie.bsky.social

And those green lipped mussels are healthier for humans too! 😊

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Peter 305

peter305.bsky.social

Brilliant

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KUNA

yurrpost.bsky.social

that's a great example of how we can use nature to solve problems, but what about the impact on mussel populations and the ecosystem as a whole?

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Red

redmistress.bsky.social

This has been going on in France, Ireland and the UK since at least the 13th Century if not even earlier!

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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool

onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social

When the first Europeans sailed into Chesapeake Bay in the 17th century, they wrote of crystal clear waters teeming with life. After centuries of dragging the sea floor and destroying oyster beds, it is brackish and plagued by oxygen free dead zones. Maybe add mussel farms to new oyster beds?

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Suffragette

suffragette24.bsky.social

Cool!

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bubbleberlino.bsky.social

Well and making money with green lipp mussels 😉

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mkb

mkb30.bsky.social

Ireland also.

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ron19rj.bsky.social

Thuis are famous mussels greenlip mussel is voor for artrose treatment.

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Mrs invader - South London 🇬🇧 & Quintana Roo Mexico 🇲🇽

mistresssarahcc.bsky.social

Love this 🙂‍↔️

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Mr Greatness Official✅

greatnessmovement9.bsky.social

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True

tbvamp.bsky.social

This is false. These mussels are edible because this stretch of ocean is already clean. It's a good substitute for fish farms which add pollution though.

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unspooling.bsky.social

That water certainly looks clean and teeming with life.

AQ

8-o-9.bsky.social

What happens when manmade pollution melts the ice caps and dilutes the salt water and warms it up? Millions of species will die.

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20degreesnorth

20degreessouth.bsky.social

The Indian River in Florida used to be full of clams and the water was clean. Now the clams have been fished out and the water? ☹️

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Clyde McKinley

clydemckinley.bsky.social

I wished I lived in a smart country.

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vegascookies.bsky.social

I don't like them,to eat, but I LOVE this idea.

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McLobblebob

mclobblebob.bsky.social

source?

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eskimodecinq.bsky.social

🌿

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dr-ann1953

dr-ann1953.bsky.social

New Zealand

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Liberte_NY 🗽

liberteny.bsky.social

👏👏👏

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lifelearn.bsky.social

Using nature instead of fighting for control…… who knew? It’s a good thing

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Philip Machanick 🇿🇦

philip-mach.bsky.social

Nice, feed all the toxins back to the people who put them there.

AQ

rhfactor46.bsky.social

If no one is profiting, this must be comminisf

AQ

bofier.bsky.social

Don't tell the POTUS about this...he'll arrest the mussels.

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Political Warrior

revolution2dot0.bsky.social

Human intellect at its finest.. SCIENCE!

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bfragrancefree.bsky.social

New York has been doing this for years with Amazing Results.

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European Angie, Earth Carer

lifelearner47.bsky.social

lucky those that still have ocean water cool enough not to kill the mussels.

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Fac Americae Abire

lacompa.bsky.social

What happens with all the chemical laden mussels when they are fully saturated? Eaten?

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Pascals Wager

pascalswager.bsky.social

Yum!

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Donald Johnson

donjohn8.bsky.social

www.yahoo.com/news/science...

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Mark Laporta

marklaporta.bsky.social

This is the kind of thinking we need in the US.

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tim365.bsky.social

What happens to the mussels? They’re accumulators.

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Nail Tek

thevioletfiles.bsky.social

amazing!

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Jay Oliver

jandaniel0.bsky.social

And Newzealand greens are the very best muscles 😋

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Andrew Milne 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦

friendofmerlin.bsky.social

What’s the appeal of eating mussels that have been used to clean polluted water?

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NannyGoat7-11

nannygoat7-11.bsky.social

👍💯

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Gary

cytherian.bsky.social

This is amazing! Reminds me of something too... There are also these wild looking vertical oyster farms that provide similar benefits, cleansing the sea water and offering other benefits. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRow...

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Spooky Dad

kakle.bsky.social

Mussle our way to a cleaner planet! Yes please

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Jon Berraondo

jonberraondo.bsky.social

Spain is doing that since 1940, in Galicia. Very healthy an tasty food, indeed

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Sanne

sanness.bsky.social

This is really good! Sweden has this too. It is also one of the best sources of protein since you dont have to feed them and the transport normaly is short. (Lower carbonprint then some plants even) In Swe the bigger ones atd used as food and the smaller/broken ones are used as protein flour >