[THE POLENTA ADDS A NICE FLAVOR. OFF THE CHARTS. THESE ARE ALL MY RECIPES. THOUGH FIRST SUFFERING, IN THE HEAD, IS IN 7 YEARS. THINGS THAT YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY FIND IN A DINER. (woman) OKAY, THE MUSSELS. REALLY TENDER. GRILLED SALMON ON TOP OF A SALAD--REALLY GREAT.]
THE POLENTA ADDS A NICE FLAVOR. OFF THE CHARTS. THESE ARE ALL MY RECIPES. THOUGH COLD; ALL WEAR SHAWLS 0TJER THEIR HEADS. THINGS THAT YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY FIND IN A DINER. (woman) OKAY, THE MUSSELS. REALLY TENDER. GRILLED SALMON ON TOP OF A SALAD--REALLY GREAT. A BOTTOM OF MUSHROOM FOR EACH ROAD ROAD IN BRINGING A GLYM. FURTHER BRILLIANT THOUGH WOULD HAVE SAVED MOSSIP THE BRILLIANT ROAD. ALL OF MY MOUNDWORKS HAVE BEEN BEEN BEEN SOLD ON THE SEAT. THAT'S MY LIFE, GUYS, I JUST DESTROYED IT. I GOT ME IN THE EARS. THAT'S MY LIFE. OHHHHHH. HELL.
Someone showed me this blog because I'm a scientist who sequences stuff for a living but joke's on them because I'm quite neutral about genetic sequences in my off hours; what I do really like are moths.
String identified:
t g ca ' a ctt c t a g t ' t ca ' t ta at gtc c ; at a a t.
Closest match: Limnoperna fortunei genome assembly, chromosome: 7
Common name: Golden mussel
Psst. Hey. Y'all should totally vote for the Mollusc of the Year awards, which are currently open at the moment: the winning species will have its genome sequenced for free, which greatly helps out the scientists studying it. Here are this year's candidates:
All of these guys are really cool, understudied invertevbrates, so spread the word! Its totally free, and you get to learn more about a bunch of cute underrated little guys
By studying calcifying organisms, Leanne aims to better understand the impacts of human activity on marine ecosystems. Through her research, she hopes to influence policy that helps protect marine calcifiers in the future.
“Why is this important? The idea is that the more porous the shell, the weaker it is. Mussels need strong, robust shells to protect their inner soft organs—and that strong 3D structure is important for ecosystem function as habitat formers and storm defenses.
Currently, the changes seen in shell porosity are not large enough to influence the material properties, so we aren’t seeing weaker shells just yet. But with further warming in our oceans being predicted, this could potentially lead to even more porous shells, potentially impacting mussels’ function as habitat formers and storm defenses, as well as their ability to protect themselves from predation,” Melbourne explains.
[THE POLENTA ADDS A NICE FLAVOR. OFF THE CHARTS. THESE ARE ALL MY RECIPES. THOUGH COLD; ALL WEAR SHAWLS 0TJER THEIR HEADS. THINGS THAT YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY FIND IN A DINER. (woman) OKAY, THE MUSSELS. REALLY TENDER. GRILLED SALMON ON TOP OF A SALAD--REALLY GREAT.]
The Philadelphia water department is studying how best to raise freshwater mussels. Why? So they can raise an absolute shit ton and put them in our rivers. Freshwater mussels are incredibly important for filtering excess nutrients and particulates from water. By deploying a million mussels a year the water department hopes to use these critters to improve our city’s water quality! Right now they raise about 10,000 mussels a year and hope to scale up to a million a year soon!
Edit: These are native species of mussels that belong here!
Polyplacophora. This class is made up of chitons, marine creatures that live under rocks. Their shells are made up of eight plates, protecting them while also allowing them to flex upwards or curl into a ball.
Pteriomorphia. This subclass is made up of bivalves with large gills used for feeding and rudimentary photoreceptors. Memebrs include mussels, scallops, oysters and pen shells