Finland started protecting this mussel, they will all be transported from Gervais river to elsewhere so that construction can begin in the areahttps://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000012352760.htmlThey want to build a tram bridge over the river.Mussels would be beneath an this is not an option.Scuba divers will pick up all the mussels, put them in plastic bags filled with river water and transport them in a truck to several kilometers away from this river.The construction of the bridge is supposed to begin in January 2027 so we need to act quickly to save the delicate animals.The mussels live to be 50 year olds at tops.They spawn baby mussels only every two years.Finland has had questionable fame earlier when in North Finland a man constructin a datacenter drove a tractor over a pond where thousand mussels were crushed by the weight.
