[NatureNS] a question re Blue Mussel attachment ?

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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.
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>> 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
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>>   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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