Invasive mussel confirmed in Utah's Electric Lake (Zebra mussels)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 11/20/08 | Mike Stark - ap

[thackney]

These guys can be tough on power plant cooling water intakes.

[Pessimist]

Yeah, they really do overpopulate.

But on the other hand, they really do clean up the water too.

[NormsRevenge]

Zebra Mussel

http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/zebramussel.shtml

[Charles Henrickson]

They’re trying to mussel in on the territory.

[NormsRevenge]

Quagga Mussel

http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/quagga.shtml

[Deb]

Check with New Zealand on what this means.

I suspect sabotage. Didn't Dick Cheney find some zebra mussels in his pace maker?

[Red Badger]

Can they be eaten?..............

[YHAOS]

0bama’s fault

[NormsRevenge]

ahhh, I don’t see any recipes,, but.. ;-)

[Red Badger]

Harvest, cook, can, sell................

[Travis T. OJustice]

They’re screwed.

[thackney]

Not if you are expecting to get a meal without a LOT of work.

A couple thousand for a meal, I would guess.

[GulfBreeze]

Yea who cares though!

Enviro whacko’s need to shut up and accept that this is the return species we are replacing for destroting the 8 Toed German Field Mouse or some other such nonsense.

If they area problem for the power plants, then come with a deadly to clam solution and can the crying.

[Red Badger]

Protein is protein........

[GulfBreeze]

Put them in a press and use the squished parts for soup at high end restaraunts...

[Red Badger]

[brooklyn dave]

Too bad they’re too tiny to be eaten. Are they edible anyway?

[Sig Sauer P220]

They will eventually be in every lake since boaters go from lake to lake without thoroughly cleaning their boats.

[thackney]

Of course it doesn't take long to get a lot of them growing (hence the problem)