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  1. For your 'Well, THIS is cool' story of the day - 🎵 The reefs are aliiiiiiive, with the sound of muuuuuuuusic ... 🎵 - or should be, anyway!

    This has been successful for other species, especially in coral reefs, & researchers are learning transmitting the sounds of a healthy reef will attract baby #oysters as well - up to 17,000 more per square metre! 🤩

    And if you're thinking 'Wait - oysters can hear?' - they talk about that too! 😄

    phys.org/news/2022-10-sea-soun

    #ReefRestoration #Soundwaves #Australia #ReWilding #Habitat #Ecosystem

  2. Can walls of #oysters protect shores against #hurricanes? #DARPA wants to know.
    #Tyndall Airforce base will test a new way to protect shorelines from intensified waves and storm surges: a 50m array, made up of three chevron-shaped structures each weighing about 46,000lbs, can take 70% of the oomph out of waves, according to tests. But this isn’t your grandaddy’s #seawall. It’s specifically designed to be colonized by oysters, some of nature’s most effective wave-killers.
    arstechnica.com/science/2024/1