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Oysters: The Superpowered Filterers

July 31, 2023

Oysters posses an amazing ability to filter water. They naturally filter and clean the water they live in, which makes an ongoing effort to put a billion of them in New York Harbor a pretty big deal.

One adult oyster can filter a bathtub full of dirty water in just three days — imagine how much good, restorative work can be done with a billion working all at once.

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Insects & Invertebrates Keystone Species Marine Conservation Big Engineering North America

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