15 - Mussel Herders and Cow Thugs

This week's episode sounds more like a trip to the gym than a shipwreck, at least initially. Join hosts Andrew and Michelle as they learn about the wide-spreading mussel (not muscle) problem of the Great Lakes, but how these little buggers have inadvertently helped uncover the long lost SS Africa. So come out of your shells, don't clam up now, and come aboard this shuck-filled adventure! Okay, maybe they went a bit overboard, but they crack themselves up. These jokes practically write themselves!

Sources:

https://www.michiganseagrant.org/topics/great-lakes-fast-facts/

https://watershedcouncil.org/invasive-species/zebra-mussels/#:~:text=In%20just%20a%20few%20years,dominance%20in%20our%20Great%20Lakes.

https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/invasive-species/meet-the-species/fish-and-invertebrates/zebra-and-quagga-mussels/#:~:text=Although%20similar%20in%20appearance%20to,flat%20underside%2C%20will%20fall%20over.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_drum#:~:text=Aplodinotus%20grunniens,-Rafinesque%2C%201819&text=The%20freshwater%20drum%20is%20also,Canada%2C%20and%20the%20United%20States.

https://inspiredplanet.ca/uncategorized/africa-shipwreck-discovery/

https://www.shorelinebeacon.com/news/local-news/finding-africa-in-lake-huron-a-shipwreck-revealed

https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/documentary-filmmakers-find-1895-steamship-wreck-in-lake-huron/

https://waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu/the-recently-discovered-shipwrecks-of-the-great-lakes/

https://www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca/2023/10/10/shipwreck-found-off-the-bruce-peninsula-though-to-be-the-africa/

https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/returning-to-africa/