Heads up pet keepers: zebra mussels have been spotted in Petco Betta Buddy brand moss balls.
If you don’t know what zebra mussels are, they’re an invasive aquatic species that reproduces incredibly quickly, to the point where it can damage power plant equipment and pipes, and also is a major threat to native mussels as it rapidly outcompetes them. They are a scourge on lakes across the midwest and spread easily on boats or other watercraft thats been exposed to them.
Finding one in a chain pet store item is BAD NEWS. These items are sold across the entire country and this has the potential to be a major spreader event. If you spot a zebra mussel on marimo or on any other aquarium plant please make a report to the relevant wildlife officials so they can be controlled. Do not dispose of any aquarium animal or plant in a waterway.
If we are vigilant, we can help keep our native mussels safe.
Not bug related, but important. I’ve seen piles and piles and piles of zebra mussels on beaches along Lake Michigan, they are a nightmare.
You can also report aquatic invasive species sightings from anywhere in the US on the United States Geological Survey’s sighting report form, if you don’t have a local contact like the specialist listed in the social media post above. Zebra mussels have caused immeasurable damage in the Great Lakes, and stopping their spread to other inland freshwater systems across North America is critical if we want to maintain the health and functionality of our waterways.
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This protest was led by Resident Physicians, who were protesting both for themselves as well as other staff. Resident physicians are doctors in training,who have been tirelessly working on the front lines, putting their lives at risk, only to be spurned and disregarded by the administration. Residents already have little power and work 70-80 hours per week under intense conditions; they are bound to comply with whatever the department/admins want or risk being blacklisted from the profession with hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt.
Stanford vaccinated only 7 residents in their first phase, despite there being over 1300 of them at the institution. They also failed to vaccinate Peds EM nurses, all the while vaccinating wfh admins.
This is truly pathetic and reflective of the many problems in American healthcare.
PLEASE do not ignore this. this is going to affect literally anyone and everyone who has ever in any way posted any kind of copyrighted material. this is coming to vote. included in this spending bill they will be making a small claims court in the US Copyright Office for copyright disputes, meaning that the federal government will be arbitrating on all of these.
I have no idea what can be done to stop this, it’s part of the spending bill, so…. I guess maybe we’re just fucked? but people seriously, seriously need to be aware of this.
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