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		<title>The Highly Invasive Zebra Mussel</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-highly-invasive-zebra-mussel/" title="The Highly Invasive Zebra Mussel" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="162" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zm1a-300x162.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="zebra mussel" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zm1a-300x162.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zm1a-800x432.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zm1a-1536x829.jpg 1536w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zm1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The zebra mussel hails originally from the lakes of southern Russia and Ukraine. But they have been accidentally introduced around the world. Since the 1980s, this species has invaded the Great Lakes, the Hudson River, and also Lake Travis, to name just a few fresh water bodies. They get their [&#x2026;]</p>
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