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From: wen-king@cs.caltech.edu (Wen-King Su)
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Subject: Re: zebra mussels spotted in Escanaba, MI
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Date: 29 May 91 04:38:47 GMT
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In article <EMV.91May28011045@bronte.aa.ox.com> emv@msen.com (Ed Vielmetti) writes:
>Some questions:
<
>- what's the scientific name of the zebra mussel?
<- who is doing research on them these days?  I'd expect it would be a
>  hot topic, given their potential economic impacts on the Great Lakes
<  region, but a cursory search of the literature didn't yield any hits
>  on "zebra".
<- these things are supposed to be widespread in Europe.  How do they
>  cope with them there?

May I append to this list?

 - Do they make good people food?