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Invasion of the Zebra Mussels
Title: Invasion of the Zebra Mussels
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 745 | Pages: 3.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Invasion of the Zebra Mussels
Invasion of the Zebra Mussels
There has been an incursion into the sovereign territory of the United States of America. The Zebra mussel, an animal much akin to the clam, has colonized nearly every hard surface in the Great Lakes area, and many rivers and streams attached to them. These invaders arrived on ships from England, pumped out through the ballast. Zebra mussels are from a different environment (England), thus they are classified as an …showed first 75 words of 745 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 745 total…new territories. Unless this incursion is fought back, the Zebra mussel may well be the cause of the destruction of large sections of the local ecosystem. Nothing nature has produced has the capability to combat them, so it is up to humans to save the Great Lakes ecosystem. Only time will tell what tactics we can develop, and whether they will be enough. Until that time, it seems the Zebra mussels are here to stay.
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