How Mussel Poop Helps Fight Microplastics
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2023
- Microplastics are a big pollution problem in the ocean. They're tiny particles of plastic that can clog the intestines of fish and destroy the tissues of marine creatures. But these mussels help filter them out of the water... with their poop.
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Mussels : We Halp Hooman
Human : We Eat.
Poor mussels
nomnomnom
@@todwstamnommnommmnommm
Also human: let’s help this species propagate! It isn’t all downside for the muscles.
Protein
Another episode of “I have never had an interest in this topic but I will continue to watch the entirety of this video so I feel like I learned something today”
Same here😅
Same here. 😊
We should all care cuz our waste created microplastic u can be eating it seafood
Complicated way of saying "who asked + who cares"
I need a dose of hope for the future
"I bite the hand that feeds me"
True 💯
I eat the hand that feeds me
Literally 💀
I bite the whole body infact
I eat the hand of the food that feeds me….
food
“I helped clean the ocean, you guys are going to reward me, right?”
Reward: more trash
Yes with a delicious sauce 😘
Right?
No good deed go unpunished
Reward with salt and pepper on top
Imagine helping aliens clean their trash and get eaten up in return 💀
Absolutely agreed
2MM to clean the NJ bay seems to be reasonable, maybe NJ should start breeding those mussels
right? like, 2 million, not that bad, its a lot for sure, but for a self replicating biological pollution cleaner, that can then be eaten after.... thats pretty great
It's a good thing then that blue mussels are also a major aquacultural species in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea.
2 million sounds like a normal population
How does she come up with great enthusiasm every time 😂 she likes her job.
Didn't Cleo use to be a reporter?
It's not really that unrealistic considering the amount of oysters that used to be in that bay. In The 1600s the Hudson Bay had 220,000 acres of oyster beds. They held over 165 billion oysters.
"Not a great thank you" LOL 😂
This is easily an objective Win-Win scenario
(For the most part 😉)
Not for the Mussels.
Well, the plastic is still in the ocean. It's just encased in mussel poop. Where does that go. Bet something eats it.
@@Aashishkebab I mean the mussels also eat...? Idk
2 million doesn’t sound unreasonable for shellfish
@@FrozenThrone7998 no, she said million in the video
This channel is the only bit of nutritional value I have in my daily endless scroll on CZcams
They're also zero emissions animal protein when cultivated properly. They use less resources to produce than lettuce.
Solves food problem and pollution problem. I see this as an absolute win.
After watching so many negative things, it's good to see this.
So i have to inject these mussels inside me because my blood vessels has Microplastics now??
I’m confused. So the mussels don’t break down the plastic, just make the plastic easier for humans to collect off the ocean floor? Are humans doing that? What happens if they don’t collect it?
Love your videos!!! I'm a real fan! Keep up the great shorts!
On the other hand, being useful to humans is a time-tested species-level survival strategy
Another nice and informative video again 👍. The humour is certainly upped in quality over time. Continue the good work
Mussels: "We eat _your_ plastic."
Humans: "Thank you, delicious."
CleoAbram you are amazing...every scientific information you share are so fantastic , profound and wonderful ...Thank you CLEO
Muscles: "Was... was I a good boi?"🫠
Humans:
So one beach at a time and one paella at a time and we save the planet?
I am IN.
i wish there was a way to measure the amount of knowledge you deliver .
not an i.q test. but that would be interesting. your minds on fire. im pretty sure my i.q. test came back positive. And im working to improve that.
You make really educative videos, Cleo. 😎👍
I'm just loving mussel poop!! Way to go, scientists, learning mussel poop!!
The Monstera in the back just there for vibes. Love it! 🪴💚
Like your shorts. Informative,interesting,fun to watch. And love your enthusiasm
Love your videos! Keep it going! Always inspiring!
Nature always has a solution to every human's problem
In New Zealand we've recently seeded 350 tonnes of green lip mussels in the Hauraki Gulf and Pelorus Sound. That's an easy 17 million mussels that create living reefs, so it's not too much to find 2 million for a bay.
Microplastics are a major polution problem on the land too. There was a group of scientists that wanted to test the efects of microplastics on the Human Brain, but they couldn't find a control group
You have serious journalists skills gj!
They are goods i know by taste and are healty,just old memories
Well, knowing how many mussels would be needed to clean new Jersey bay isn't very helpful if I don't know what the expected nussel population there would be!
This is an interesting solution, microplastics are very harmful and pretty much invisible
Did you know that if you play sounds with underwater speakers that oysters get attracted and researchers have used this to restore oyster reefs in South Australia?
They also filter water, not for micro plastics though
Best “not my poop” poop news I’ve heard about for a while! 😂🙏 Epic!
There's gotta be a way to filter the ocean water from microplastics while also letting the organic stuff get away, no fricking idea what that could be but there should be something that only attracts polymers.
Actually eating mussels will increase it's farm production and release of them in seas, ik it sounds bad but the best way to increase their numbers is incentivising their consumption
That’s actually really sad. We don’t have any mercy towards any creature in this world.
The unsung heroes of the ocean
So we should add them as a stage in water purification as a way to remove microplastics and prevent them from getting further downstream in our water supply. Plus you could potentially make some extra money selling them if their age is a factor or if they breed too much
Despite humans looked so ungrateful in this scenario, its been proven that when humans took interest in your species as food source, they'll ensures that your species still existing, either by cultivating or regulating the gathering process so they can keep eating you forever.
Which is actually beneficial for both species.
torture bio industry .... hmmm
Off subject here....I just want to say that you ma'am, are so aesthetically pleasing....beauty and brains....you're very refreshing....visually/physically and mentally....Having a conversation with you would be a treat....thank you for your presence and content....respectfully I say....❤❤
"Mussels are delicious : D"
Me and my deathly allergies:
you are very cure, and I do like the entusiasm.
your videos are good
It would be more realistic if the federal government in the US took the initiative to provide grants for seeding in these areas. Then use that for public research on the findings as a means for other countries to improve their compatible waterways and ecosystems.
Of course in today’s world that is REALLY unlikely unless a petition is made on a massive scale
To Filipinos who are confused these are called *Tahong*
People from New Jersey like “tf is The New Jersey Bay?”
...and then we eat mussels that are still filled with that microplastic poop.
I see this as an absolute win!
2 million really isn't that many when it comes to mussels. There are an estimated 57 billion zebra mussels in the Hudson bay alone.
You say 2 million mussels like that is a huge number.
I never eat any shellfish but seems liken it might do me good to start learning to eat mussels.
Thank you universe...now we just need to find more of them
I will totally use this line "as a thank you for cleaning the pollution in my heart, I will eat you up tonight"
"Muscles are delicious" - cleo
I'm not het fan anymore 🥶
you right, mussles ARE delicious. Should try Choros a la Chalaca (Peruvian recipe.)
Time to breed muscles for an army of ocean cleaners
Love this!
I love her videos so informative
Science innovation mimics and learns from nature, now that we know we should be able to build something like it at scale.
New sub.
They should find a way to make bigger versions of them
As a lifelong resident of NJ, probably the cleanliness of our waterways should not be the standard we judge against?
She is absolutely stunning!!
Hey could you do a video on the South Korean scientists who discovered how to seperate the microplastics from water? They accidently spilled some prussian blue pigment in the lab and realized that it was able to make the microplastics sink to the bottom. After a few tests, they were able to make a modified version of the pigment that was 3 times more efficent. Prussian blue is not harmful to wildlife (according to current statistics) so it could be really helpful in habitat restoration. 😊😊
How is it unrealistic? They live in colonies and don’t take up a lot of room. You could totally support a population that size. The bigger concern would be if they are compatible with the native wildlife in the habitats they’re implanted in and adaptable to the local conditions.
Humans: shit we filled the oceans with microplastic, we're screwed
Mussels: don't worry we got you
Humans: thanks, bro but I'm hungry now and you taste good
At the end - Sooooooo.... Lol!
I've been picking mussels all my life in my home waters, however the past 10 years they've become inedible due to having so many small pearls. This happened a after they dumped toxic waste in the fjord, and the containment got breached. 😢
I think it's entirely possible for some organisms to adapt to the problems humans have created. The issue however is that we are causing mass extinctions so, if we keep going like this we will lose everything that can't tolerate our behaviors. On the positive, a big mass extinction event doesn't end life completely, it just ends life as we know it... and possibly ourselves with it. But nature will march on with or without us. 😅
You are the best!!!❤🎉
We do not know just how many muscles in the ocean do we? We also do not know how many other creatures are like the muscles. We just need to stop this plastic obsessive usage.
I like the conclusion...Soooo? Yeah. Moving on.
Meanwhile, a mad scientist is hunched over a microscope with a Petri dish full of muscle eggs and a Crispr kit...
What happens to the excrement though?
Does it just sit on the floor or does it get brought back up by other consumers in the circle of life?
This could be one of the way that can add the reduction of micro-plastics.
Idk how many people realize how little plastic is in the new jersey bay (yes yes, by comparison)... Look up "10 rivers".
As you said, every little bit helps. Is there any foundation out there working to breed them in significant numbers? It would be useful to get governments + donation funds involved. They can get seafood restaurants in on it too!
Thank you! Nom nom nom...
Well, 2 million muscles isnt actually that unreasonable, they just need to outlaw harvesting of them for a year and they'd populate any bay to that number. Another year and they'd have the waters cleaned.
Millions of muscles doesn't seem all that unrealistic.
The circle of life.
So Beautiful. :)
Maybe, mother nature is just trying to find a solution in her way.
I feel like marine creatures are starting to evolve around human disruptances 🫠
Mussel, mussel...MUSSEL
"not a great thank you" hahaha
I'm gonna have to disagree on the whole 'mussels are delicious' thing. But its awesome that they can do that. 😊
Umm, I would assume the New Jersey Bay is quite polluted compared to almost every body of water, so it might not be as bad as it sounds.
Time to farm mussels, boys!
Later time: And this layer is the great plastic layer...
😐
Cool how they can do that even tho they didn’t evolve to do that
So... let me take you out for some mussels
Soooooo yes great idea
Shellfish are essential for marine waste nutrient cycling and harvesting them may actually be the worst thing we're doing to the water.
Who says we wouldn't breed them to keep a consistent population? The point is for them to filter. Harvesting is a side benefit of artificially increasing their numbers.
not unrealistic at all, lol, when you consider how many oysters are farmed