If Muscles are open before you cook them they are off, and if you cook them and they don't open they are also off
You can tell when mussels are cooked when their shells open up. If a mussel's shell remains closed after cooking, it may be unsafe to eat.
By it colour. If its orangey, then its a female. If its white, then its male. HOPE IT HELPED :)
Mussel is in fact a general name for many species of bivalve. These bivalves inhabit both fresh and saltwater, though not interchangeably. They do not need sunlight and their vitality can be assessed through observation; if they move, they're alive.
Mussels are filter feeders that primarily feed on plankton and other small particles in the water. They filter these particles from the water for food, rather than breaking down dead organic matter as decomposers do.
Mussels are shellfish, not rabbits. I would suggest not feeding mussels leaves.
Zebra mussels have stripes.
Freshwater mussels live in rivers, while saltwater mussels live in oceans. Even though it is mussels, it differs a lot. Freshwater mussel and saltwater mussels hunt different things, because they live in different places.
Mussels are fiilter feeders, so any type of pollution in the water can lead to their population decreasing. Mussels also thrive on sunlight, which is why they live near the surface. When there is more algae in the water, it creates darker water and blocks out some of that sunlight. This can cause the mussels to die off.
Bears can inhale freshwater mussels when they want.
The collective noun is a bed of mussels.
G. Thomas Watters has written: 'A guide to the freshwater mussels of Ohio' -- subject(s): Freshwater mussels, Identification, Mussels 'The freshwater mussels of Ohio' -- subject(s): Identification, Margaritiferidae, Freshwater mussels, Unionidae
No, mussels have no brain, as with all bivalves.