Invasive species are everywhere you turn. They are in the United States as bacteria, plants, insects, marine life, and animals.

One invasive species that we are going to be focusing on is zebra mussels have spread to 20 of the United States and the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

They cling to everything in the water. The attach to buoy’s and under boats.

Encrust everything in their way other creatures chains and may other things that they can find to live on.

Boats are the biggest contributor because the boats are not clean because they move from water to water so the zebra mussels attach.

Nobody benefits from zebra mussels the hurt people who touch them.

The effects of zebra mussels are cutting your skin when you go into the water. They have many teeth to if you just go over one you have just slit your foot. They also get stuck to the bottom of your boat and in the propeller.

The effect are the zebra mussels can leave a big scar and also can corrode your boat. Many other aquatic animals can also be harmed. It truly horrible.

Mrs. O'brien told michelle and I a story she said her and her husband both got cut at lake geneva. Zebra mussels are everywhere

Zebra mussels are a threat to the rivers and lakes and streams because they are harmful to the native fish and other aquatic animals that live there.

We are always and forever on the march
Our thirst for new land can never be parched
We are conquerors of any that come in our way
And everything in sight will be ours at the end of the day
Our sharp, striped shells will be the mantle of the earth
All will hail this day as the zebra mussel nation’s birth
And it is only fittin’
That all will be our chitin
For we are the pinnacle of evolution
In our zebra mussel revolution
Everything in sight will be ours at the end of the day!

March of the Zebra Mussels
by J.A. Aarntzen

We use a chemical to kill the zebra mussels but the chemical should not harm any other fish or animals living in the water

They have used a chemical in the water to kill thezebra mussels but it kills all the other animals in the water.

Put up caution signs to show people that there are zebra mussels and the should swim at their own risk.

Raise awareness to people who are not familiar with invasive species like zebra mussels and other aquatic species.

We should care because the zebra mussels are harmful to society. We like going to a lake and swimming with knowing that we don't have to be scared of zebra mussels.