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<blockquote data-quote="MSA" data-source="post: 500646" data-attributes="member: 193">yup, and those tiny sticky eggs from perch, minnows, sticklebacks, and other shallow water spawning fish stick in their feathers as they swim thru the moss &amp; weeds.&nbsp; No reason to think zebra mussel larva wouldnt hitch a ride.&nbsp; every single slough, pothole, livestock watering pond, and gravel pit out there has all those fish and more in them, and its not from game &amp; fish stocking.It'd be interesting to shoot a few ducks &amp; geese and dunk them in an aquarium full of clean water just to see whats hitching rides.&nbsp; I've looked al over the internet for a similar experiment but can't find anything...surely I'm not the only one thats thought of doing this.There was an experiment they did, in europe I think, where they fed ducks fertile fish eggs, and a small percentage of the eggs got pooped out undamaged with wiggling embryos in them, but I still say sticking to feathers is the primary way of transport.I did find one study where they found .2 zebra mussel veligers per duck.&nbsp; seems insignifigant, but I bet with different bird species that have different swimming habits in different water bodies at different times of the year, that number can be significantly higher.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MSA, post: 500646, member: 193"] yup, and those tiny sticky eggs from perch, minnows, sticklebacks, and other shallow water spawning fish stick in their feathers as they swim thru the moss & weeds. No reason to think zebra mussel larva wouldnt hitch a ride. every single slough, pothole, livestock watering pond, and gravel pit out there has all those fish and more in them, and its not from game & fish stocking. It'd be interesting to shoot a few ducks & geese and dunk them in an aquarium full of clean water just to see whats hitching rides. I've looked al over the internet for a similar experiment but can't find anything...surely I'm not the only one thats thought of doing this. There was an experiment they did, in europe I think, where they fed ducks fertile fish eggs, and a small percentage of the eggs got pooped out undamaged with wiggling embryos in them, but I still say sticking to feathers is the primary way of transport. I did find one study where they found .2 zebra mussel veligers per duck. seems insignifigant, but I bet with different bird species that have different swimming habits in different water bodies at different times of the year, that number can be significantly higher. [/QUOTE]

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