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Index of Subjects Quoting "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>: > 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. * yes they can secrete new bysuss threads, and can move along slowly across the substrate by spinning new threads and breaking off old ones. fred schueler. ====================================================== > > 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 > >
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