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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_8lT9/wpc7Hi8SxI7Sg7Fiw) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I think the mussel can re-secrete those strong threads and re-attach to substrates, but I am forwarding to people who probably are better able to answer the question. Begin forwarded message: > From: Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: October 8, 2011 7:55:06 PM ADT > To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] a question re Blue Mussel attachment ? > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > A question for the invertebrate zoologists out there: Can a Blue > Mussel (Mytilus edulis) re-attach itself to a substrate such as a > rock or a piling if it had been separated from it? Its adhesion > threads are quite strong, but can the animal repair or re-form new > ones if the old ones are broken? > Dusan Soudek --Boundary_(ID_8lT9/wpc7Hi8SxI7Sg7Fiw) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> I think the mussel can re-secrete those strong threads and re-attach to = substrates, but I am forwarding to people who probably are better able = to answer the question.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Dusan Soudek <<a = href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">October 8, 2011 7:55:06 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">NatureNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] a question re Blue Mussel = attachment ?</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><font = size=3D"4"> A question for the invertebrate zoologists out = there: Can a Blue Mussel (<em>Mytilus edulis</em>) re-attach itself to a = substrate such as a rock or a piling if it had been separated from it? = Its adhesion threads are quite strong, but can the animal repair or = re-form new ones if the old ones are broken?</font></div><div><font = size=3D"4"> Dusan = Soudek</font></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_8lT9/wpc7Hi8SxI7Sg7Fiw)--
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