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green-lipped mussel

A left hand holding up a mussel shell

A peculiar case of mussels and merchandising

What can you say of the humble mussel? At face value, probably not much. Natural History Technician contractor Lorenzo Ravalo looks at what’s in a name when it comes to flexing our marketing mussels overseas.Read more

2022-08-02
By: Lorenzo Ravalo
On: 2 Aug 2022
In: Science

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