[NatureNS] a question re Blue Mussel attachment ?

From: "Dusan Soudek" <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 19:55:06 -0300
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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?=20
   Dusan Soudek
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