Did you know that mussels reproduce via broadcast spawning? That on one lucky day, all the mussels just send their eggs and sperm out into the world? I have been thinking about this video on at least a weekly basis ever since I saw it:
In high school some of my friends became obsessed with banana slug sex (look up at your own peril). I never really got into it, though. But then I found out about mussel spawning, and now I’m obsessed. It makes me want to take up a daily tidepooling practice, just so I could be there on the wild day when this happens.
