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What the heck? #553194 10/31/22 01:22 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 479 Likes: 27 lampasas texas T tim k OP Member
OP tim k Member T Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 479 Likes: 27 lampasas texas	So I have had my pond in Texas for 5 years. Have never seen a single clam or mussel of any type.Today I see on the bank of my pond mutliple piles of opened shells. They have clearly been opened and eaten - I assume by racoons? Are they buried in the mud at the bank and how could this many just show up out of nowhere? I am confused. PS I attached two photos - are they opening ok? Attached Images Last edited by tim k; 10/31/22 01:24 PM.

Re: What the heck? tim k #553203 10/31/22 03:34 PM
Joined: Nov 2021 Posts: 47 Likes: 14 FLORIDA That One Guy
That One Guy Joined: Nov 2021 Posts: 47 Likes: 14 FLORIDA	The pics are not showing up for me. Do you have limpkins on your pond? They’ll eat a lot of them as well and leave the shells.

Re: What the heck? tim k #553204 10/31/22 03:34 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 479 Likes: 27 lampasas texas T tim k OP Member
OP tim k Member T Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 479 Likes: 27 lampasas texas	what is a limpkin?

Re: What the heck? tim k #553216 10/31/22 11:50 PM
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,574 Likes: 851 Grovertown, Indiana esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,574 Likes: 851 Grovertown, Indiana	Muskrats will do that too, not just coons. www.hoosierpondpros.com http://www.pondboss.com/subscribe.asp?c=4 3/4 to 1 1/4 ac pond LMB, SMB, PS, BG, RES, CC, YP, Bardello BG, (RBT & Blue Tilapia - seasonal).