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  2. Oyster - Wikipedia

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    Some oysters also harbor bacterial species which can cause human disease; of importance is Vibrio vulnificus, which causes gastroenteritis, which is usually self-limiting, and cellulitis. Cellulitis can be severe and rapidly spreading, requiring antibiotics, medical care, and in some severe cases amputation.

  3. Oyster reef restoration - Wikipedia

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    Oysters are classified to be a part of the Ostreacea family, in the bivalve class and part of the phylum Mollusca. Oysters are shellfish that are born individually but grow up to build reefs. Oysters are born drifting on tides and are free swimming with a vertical mobility, however their locomotion quickly changes when oyster reefs secrete a smell.

  4. Hydrodynamic reception - Wikipedia

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    Detection of the water disturbance caused by this vibrissal movement should overshadow any stimulus produced by a distant fish due to its proximity. For seals, one proposal is that they might sense changes in the baseline frequency of vibration to detect hydrodynamic stimuli produced by another source.

  5. Farmed oysters are mysteriously dying off in the millions and ...

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    Oysters are experiencing mass die-offs along the US coastline, leaving farmers distraught and scientists struggling to come up with answers as to why.. For more than a decade along the East Coast ...

  6. Eastern oyster - Wikipedia

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    This means if the water around them was contaminated with oil and the dispersant used to get rid of the oil, then these chemicals were collected by the oysters as they filtered the water. [32] This is cause for great concern that the oysters are being killed by the toxins in the dispersant, as well. [32]

  7. ‘Like going to the moon’: Why this is the world’s most ...

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    At around 600 miles wide and up to 6,000 meters (nearly four miles) deep, the Drake is objectively a vast body of water. To us, that is. To the planet as a whole, less so.

  8. Aquatic locomotion - Wikipedia

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    Deep-water teleosts, which do not have a swim bladder, have few lipids and proteins, deeply ossified bones, and watery tissues that maintain their buoyancy. Some sharks ' livers are composed of low-density lipids, such as hydrocarbon squalene or wax esters (also found in Myctophidae without swim bladders), which provide buoyancy.

  9. Eating oysters raw comes with risks. Here's how experts say ...

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    Oysters are saltwater bivalve mollusks, known for being filter feeders, meaning that they get their nutrition from extracting algae and other tiny organisms from the water surrounding them.