# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqtn3F7gMsw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/5412642-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5432ba7fc8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-04-06T23:22:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

#DYK: Freshwater mussels have ingenious ways of reproducing. ✨For example: After attracting fish through a tantalizing lure, they expel their larvae onto the fishes’ gills to be incubated.

But the fun isn’t over yet! As if mussels weren’t cool enough, researchers just discovered a clever new tactic some mussels use to find fishy hosts for their offspring — captured by this video.

Here’s how it works 👉 An endangered thick-shelled river mussel climbs up a streambank, leaving part of her body poking out of the water. Then she spurts larva-infused jets into the air and down onto the water’s surface. Those jets make splashes that bring in fish looking to gobble up insects — except the fish end up inadvertently hosting the larvae in their gills! #ThatsWild

Video of a thick-shelled river mussel used with permission from David Aldridge / University of Cambridge.

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