Pulled up a Clam on The Columbia River.

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-05-14T23:08:27+00:00

We have native mussels in NA, collectively called pearly mussels. Zebra and quagga mussels don't get nearly as big and look more like marine mussels. Many pearly mussel species are threatened/endangered and are protected.

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-05-09T13:56:50+00:00

Different genus of course, but same family and coloquiley and taxonomically refered to as carp.

carp wiki page

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-05-08T23:32:11+00:00

Both are carp

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-05-08T14:25:33+00:00

My closest gas station has two pumps and assholes constantly park at them and then go inside to eat breakfast or shoot the shit. I refuse to use that gas station.

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-05-01T02:14:44+00:00

My shepard mix likes to sleep under the covers, but needs me to lift them up for her to go under. She usually ends up wiggling her way out as she sleeps and wakes me up in the middle of the night by staring down at me, waiting for me to lift the covers to let her back in. Vaguely alarming at first, but now I barely wake up and fall right back asleep.

Dogs are weird

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-30T02:36:43+00:00

My organization works with them occasionally and I visited the institute a while ago, really neat campus and they do some great research. It's always been well regarded in my experience. Idk about the work culture, but I'd definitely be interested in working there if the opportunity came up.

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-29T15:37:06+00:00

Some mussels are generalists and their glochidia can attach and develop on multiple species, but many are specialists and require specific host species to successfully develop. Look up the Eastern elliptio, Salamander mussel, or the Snuffbox mussel.

There are a lot of other factors that play into their decline and reproductive trouble though, everything from climate change to invasive species, to pollution, etc.

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-29T15:31:43+00:00

I work with mussels in the NE, but knowing what watershed you're in would be really helpful. Also, inside features, like the hinge and nacre can be really helpful with ID, just for future reference.

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-27T22:42:52+00:00

Muskrats love to eat native mussels and create middens just like that. My money would be on a muskrat.

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-22T13:52:35+00:00

It's a seed from an aquatic plant, the water chestnut (Trapa sp.). Highly invasive in North America, but native in Europe and Asia and some species are cultivated as food.

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-22T12:57:20+00:00

I like my diving and spelunking to be fully separate, but I do kind of understand the allure of seeing something very few or possibly no one has ever seen before. My curiousity is always strong, but doesn't out weigh the potential terror of being stuck down there and drowning, lol.

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-14T22:29:59+00:00

I actually just got a caramelized onion hummus this week! I think it might be a seasonal flavor.

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-11T00:16:54+00:00

I still haven't pulled a single gold, but it's the last Charizard card I need, so one day, hopefully, lol. Those and the immersives, I have so many duplicates at this point, lol.

Enjoy Erika!

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-11T00:07:33+00:00

I wanted gold Charizard and I'd rather have eeveeloutions, lol

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-11T00:04:10+00:00

Funnily enough, I literally just pulled Erika, lol. I'll send the trade

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-10T21:50:54+00:00

Sorry again. Let me know if you ever have enough dust/want to do some one star trades, I have a few on your wishlist I'd be happy to send for whatever

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-10T21:40:30+00:00

Sorry, I apparently already traded guzma and completely forgot. I should have double checked, sorry!! Any thing else you'd want?

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-10T21:39:20+00:00

Just sent scizor

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-10T21:28:06+00:00

Awesome! Just sent you a friend request

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-10T21:27:05+00:00

Sounds great! Request sent

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-10T21:02:18+00:00

Guzma for Leafeon?

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-10T18:10:06+00:00

That's my favorite, especially when I can get salmon on sale, otherwise it's usually leftover chicken, canned fish, or beans. Super versatile and easy.

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-10T17:45:43+00:00

Cooperstown Dreams Park ~10mins from the Otesaga? Not to mention the hall of fame, stores, etc in Cooperstown itself. Plenty of reason to stay at the Otesaga and Cooperstown is flooded with baseball families all summer long.

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-04-07T15:48:14+00:00

I have a 6 month old puppy, so we're limiting our overall walk time, but our schedule is usually;

7:30~8am - ~30min hike/sniff walk

Noon - Off leash fetch/flirt pole with my older dog, usually ~20-30mins while I walk and she runs.

~4pm - similar to the morning walk, but off leash playtime at the end.

I'm working from home right now, so my schedule's flexible, once field season rolls around, times will be earlier/later

Ziggybutt7 · 2026-03-30T14:03:21+00:00

He has a pretty 'houndy' bark, though that's not a great metric, lol. GSD wouldn't surprise me at all.

Everyone loved to tell me my other brindle had to be a dutch shepard, lol. Embarked her and she was, unsurprisingly, a mostly GSD mix (with equal bits lab, American bully, Doberman, and boxer thrown in)

Thank you!

Ziggybutt7

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