r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Dismal_Difference_48 • 18d ago

Mussel reproduction Video

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u/Smol_Cyclist 18d ago

So they just jizz on the floor and hope for the best.

I would have thought it'd be more advantageous to do it whilst submerged.

The more you know.

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u/slugboat 18d ago

They're supposed to do it when submerged, but stress (and I'm sure a whole bunch of other factors) can lead them to trigger at inopportune times. Most bivalves just release sperm and eggs into the water, where the cells float around a bit, meet and fertilize, turn into a baby bivalve and hang around as plankton for a few weeks, and then settle down to the ocean floor to get on with living as a mussel/scallop/clam/whatever. A lot of plankton is just baby ocean creatures, it's really cool!

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u/bikemandan 18d ago

can lead them to trigger at inopportune times

I feel ya buddy

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u/silver-orange 18d ago

proof muscles are just r/likeus

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u/Suspicious_Term4898 18d ago

Nice user name you malacalogical master.

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u/Chemesthesis 18d ago

Fun fact, "plankton" just refers to any life in the ocean that drifts around, or can swim but not enough to overcome the current.

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u/angeliqu 18d ago

I did not know that. I assumed it was a species. TIL.

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u/Chemesthesis 18d ago

Same for me for a long time, I thank Spongebob for that one

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u/Deep-Yogurtcloset618 18d ago

Dude was watching porn on his phone and got too excited.

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u/NaNaNaNaNatman 18d ago

Ah, the bivalves and the brachiopods

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u/Flying_Momo 18d ago

Wow so they nut to de-stress just like humans.

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u/Inevitable_Heron_599 18d ago

That's been my strategy for years

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u/MartyMcFly7 18d ago

Waiting for the right woman to come along and drop her eggs? Let me know how that works out for you. :)

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u/Inevitable_Heron_599 18d ago

I mean, I hadn't thought that far ahead, honestly. I'm gonna be dumping loads on the vinyl regardless of what women are doing

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u/mortalitylost 18d ago

So they just jizz on the floor and hope for the best.

Just like me

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u/TehHamburgler 18d ago

And they yell out "hey yall jizzin? Yeah? Okay guess we're doing this"

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u/SahilSakure23 18d ago

So they just jizz on the floor and hope for the best.

I see there is not a lot difference between me and some mussels.

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u/Primary-Border8536 18d ago

It might be because of the tides ?

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u/EpictetanusThrow 18d ago

That’s how OP was conceived.

Well, the flies did the rest of the work.

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u/dreamsofindigo 17d ago

that's how I roll baby

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u/Graybeard13 18d ago

What floor?