🔥 Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) use lures to attract fish, which they then parasitize with their larvae (glochidia). : r/NatureIsFuckingLit

Alluring larvae: Competition to attract fish drives species diversity among freshwater mussels

FMCS - Freshwater Mussels

FMCS - Freshwater Mussels

Mussel Attacks Bass, Come closer. a little closer.BOOM! 💥 Did you know freshwater mussels shoot their fertilized eggs (glochidia) at passing fish? The glochidia hitch

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Mussel Attacks Bass, Come closer. a little closer.BOOM! 💥 Did you know freshwater mussels shoot their fertilized eggs (glochidia) at passing fish? The glochidia hitch

How Mussels Fool Fish Into Carrying Their Parasitic Babies

A video: How freshwater mussels attract fish

Alluring larvae: Competition to attract fish drives species diversity among freshwater mussels

This Parasitic Mussel Pretends to Be a Fish

A video: How freshwater mussels attract fish

Mussel Mantle Lures Larval Hosts — Biological Strategy — AskNature