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Thousands of historic shipwrecks in the US are being threatened by wood-destroying mussels
New York Post ^ | 9/23/23 | Jon Levine

Posted on 09/24/2023 6:17:57 AM PDT by cotton1706

They’re hungry, hungry mollusks.

Thousands of historic shipwrecks sunk in the American Great Lakes are at risk of being lost forever thanks to invasive, wood-destroying mussels.

The lakes are home to an estimated 6,000 shipwrecks, with some dating back to the 17th century, according to estimates from the University of Buffalo.

The Quagga mussel, originally native to the waters of Russia and Ukraine, is believed to have arrived in the Great Lakes in 1989 — possibly as a result of ballast dumps from transoceanic freighters traversing the lakes.

The population of Quagga mussels has exploded in the waters of the once pristine lakes, where near-perfect visibility made the wrecks easy to see even decades after they went down.

Now the Quagga mussels have taken over, scientists say.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; greatlakes; jfk; quaggamussel; shipwreck; shipwrecks; stlawrenceseaway; wreck; wrecks
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To: cotton1706

The obsession with saving every relic is epidemic. Must be money in it for someone. Oh wait, there is, for academics to pursue their passions. Take that to the grocery store and see what you get...


41 posted on 09/24/2023 10:19:10 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: cotton1706

Dude! These are Russians and Ukrainians musseling in on our history!


42 posted on 09/24/2023 1:41:55 PM PDT by null and void ( Fall Is Here: Pumpkin Spice-Scented Children Presented To Joe Biden)
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To: PGR88
Quagga mussels are an EU thing

We call them Zebra Mussels here.

Shouldn't that be what they call them in Africa?

43 posted on 09/24/2023 2:42:38 PM PDT by null and void ( Fall Is Here: Pumpkin Spice-Scented Children Presented To Joe Biden)
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To: cotton1706; camle; Alkhin; Professional Engineer; katana; Mr. Silverback; MadIvan; agrarianlady; ...
Red Dwarf Ping!

RIMMER: (Suddenly loses his temper) Look, I'm sick of hearing about these stupid cats! My concerns are slightly more meaningful than what coloured stupid smegging cardboard hat I'm wearing! I'm trying to decipher this! This is science, laddie! You can smirk, Lister, but I believe the Quagaars--
LISTER: Quagars?
RIMMER: Quagaaaars! It's a name I made up! Double A, actually! I believe the Quagaars have the technology to give me a new body!


44 posted on 09/24/2023 2:45:29 PM PDT by null and void ( Fall Is Here: Pumpkin Spice-Scented Children Presented To Joe Biden)
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To: cotton1706

Quagga Marinara…yum!


45 posted on 09/24/2023 3:02:44 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: equaviator

The obvious solution to fighting this mussel infestation is to widely deploy marinara sauce. In support of this mussel elimination campaign, government pasta subsides must also be enhanced and the availability of additional supplies of garlic and olive oil will be essential to boost consumption of these viscous bivalves.


46 posted on 09/24/2023 4:50:05 PM PDT by Pennsyltucky Boy (bitterly clinging to our constitutional rights in PA)
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To: Pennsyltucky Boy

“Seafood” run amok!


47 posted on 09/25/2023 2:01:50 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: cotton1706
“There is currently no way to stop the unrelenting shellfish and scientists are racing to excavate as many of the ships as possible before they are consumed.”

Sounds like a BS premise in order to get gubmint grant money flowing to a group of needy "scientists".


48 posted on 09/28/2023 6:26:14 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should be less concerned with who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

“Sounds like a BS premise in order to get gubmint grant money flowing to a group of needy “scientists”.”

That’s exactly what it is. There is no REAL need to excavate ships that have sunk.


49 posted on 09/28/2023 6:48:01 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

These ships were all written off a long time ago....sheesh


50 posted on 09/28/2023 6:49:01 AM PDT by BRL
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