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When you think of mussels and clams and other bivalve animals, you might think of something as shelled and static, perhaps sitting on your plate at a fancy restaurant. But before the mussel got to your plate, it led a life—and all things considered, a surprisingly active one. Follow Journey to the Microcosmos: Twitter: https://twitter.com/journeytomicro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JourneyToMicro Shop The Microcosmos: https://www.microcosmos.store Support the Microcosmos: http://www.patreon.com/journeytomicro More from Jam’s Germs: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jam_and_germs YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn4UedbiTeN96izf-CxEPbg Hosted by Hank Green: Twitter: https://twitter.com/hankgreen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers Music by Andrew Huang: https://www.youtube.com/andrewhuang Journey to the Microcosmos is a Complexly production. Find out more at https://www.complexly.com Stock video from: https://www.videoblocks.com SOURCES: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bivalve.html https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.214.4523.911 https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Bivalvia/ https://www.emsl.pnnl.gov/news/drawing-inspiration-muscle-mussel-foot https://www.thoughtco.com/byssal-byssus-threads-2291697 https://www.npr.org/2010/03/05/124319594/mighty-mussels-have-industrial-strength https://www.fao.org/3/y5720e/y5720e07.htm https://newportbay.org/wildlife/marine-life/filter-feeders/ http://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF01319711 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.4319/lo.1993.38.2.0265 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261742184_The_Utility_of_In_vivo_Observations_for_Describing_Particle_Capture_Processes_in_Suspension-Feeding_Bivalve_Molluscs