Seems like a normal underwater encounter: largemouth bass goes after a minnow...right? Wrong! The little fish is a bivalve, a mussel, that mimics a minnow to spray its parasitic larvae into the gills of an actual fish. 馃帴@USFWS B. Billings R. Hagerty
USFWS NCTC
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Very cool! Could you tell me the scientific name of the bivalve so I can look for more information?
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Replying to @magnoazb @USFWS
It's a pocketbook mussel (Lampsilis ovata) - with a mantle lure.

Feb 21, 2022 路 10:27 AM UTC

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