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Mollusks are three times larger than blue whales.

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Some mussels have interlocking hinge "teeth" on the inside of the shell to help keep the two valves in proper alignment.

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The way to tell mussels if it is a male or female is that the males inside are pale and the females are orange.
Becky

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Most mussels live around 60 to 70 years in good habitat. FEEDING: Mussels feed by filtering algae, bacteria, phytoplankton, and other small particles out of the water column. They are in turn preyed upon by fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals.

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Just like us, mussels have a heart, kidneys, stomach, and mouth! Like fish, mussels also have gills. The gills of mussels help these animals filter water.

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Fresh water mussels have no brain instead they rely on a special nerve system.

Becky

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Mussels have beards that help them cling on to rocks.

- Aadhrika

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Did you know that all freshwater mussels have a gender like a boy or a girl!

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Most mussels live around 60 to 70 years in good habitat. FEEDING: Mussels feed by filtering algae, bacteria, phytoplankton and other small particles out of the water column. They are in turn preyed upon by fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals

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They are the longest living invertebrates living around 100 YEARS. They are endangered. They weigh from .07 - .20 lb.

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freshwater Mussels have a heart, kidneys, a stomach, and a mouth like a human and apparently they have one foot too.
Javier

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This is the scientific name for Freshwater mussels. They also don't feel pain! Freshwater mussels are known as "Nature's great purifiers."
Samantha Larsen

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Mussels are sold alive

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Freshwater mussels eat Phytoplankton. They also live up to 60 to 70 years! These mussels are not edible, but some are, 17 species of mussels are edible, the most common being blue mussels. some freshwater mussels are toxic! Lastly, there are more than 900 species of mussels!

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Freshwater mussels can filter water. They are nature's great filters.
- Geri Pennell

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Freshwater Mussel population has declined by 70% because of water pollution.

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They have gills. They use the gills to filter oxygen and food from the water. The gills are used for respiration, for moving microscopic food particles to the animal's mouth, and sometimes housing and nourishing glochidia (mussels larava )in females.

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They are the longest living invertebrates living around 100 YEARS. They are endangered. They weigh from .07 - .20 lb.

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Freshwater Mussel population has declined by 70% because of water pollution.

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Freshwater mussels filter the surrounding water when they breathe and feed. This plays a big part in their fresh water.

Clare Whalen

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that is a Oyster

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Some freshwater mussels are red because of dense capillaries (capillaries are tiny blood vessels) rich in myoglobin and mitochondria.

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freshwater mussels are going extinct because we are eating them and  water pollution and dams are killing them  in 2012 they were put into the endangered list... -essa

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Mussels are not born with shells it normally takes about 12--15 months for a mussels shell to grow.
Emily Myers

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did you know that freshwater mussels have Gills!!!!!

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They are called Bivalve because they have two halves.

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Native americans used them for jewlery, utensils, and tools.