How oysters can clean up polluted water

A time lapse video showing how Hong Kong oysters can filter out toxic microscopic algae in just an hour and a half. Large concentrations of such microscopic algae are present in "red tides" in Hong Kong that can kill fish and harm marine life.

Source: University of Hong Kong

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[kmwong]

People pollute ocean
Oysters clean pollution
... people eat oyster and their pollution 🤔

[theoffensivereboundthatend]

I wonder how clear the ocean waters are when they didn't discover oyster as delicacies

[cruzada]

That's dope they like just stay there and clean the water without moving. i wished i could clean my room just sitting on my chair

[cbbblue]

Oyster:Help cleaning the ocean
Human:Promotes ocean cleanliness
Also Human:Eat Oyster
Oyster:Am I a joke to you?

[zilun]

.... while turning pollutants into pearls? Nice!

[scareleague]

The world: "Eating oysters is now illegal"
Headlines: "France starts ww3"

[sgh]

Polluted water: **exists**

Oysters: *I'm about to end this man's whole career...*

[tommer]

Oysters: Cleans polluted water
Humans: *eats them*
Oysters: Am I a joke to you?

[leaillex]

Lol solutions to problems:
Eat it
Find something that eats it

[alexkg]

And then we turn around and eat the Oysters....yum

[Hamsters]

Maybe oysters shouldn't be eaten then.. they serve a very important role in the river and they probably contain a lot of heavy metals as well..

[aliyusuf]

Every little living organism has a purpose in this big ecological system we are apart of.

[Uriel_Soberanes]

Alright, perhaps I'm not the only one with the same question, but, how much would it take to implement it on a large scale?

[dr.liljay]

Companies: make water cleaning products
Oysters: *I'M ABOUT TO END THIS WHOLE MAN'S CAREER!!!*

[thomaskoplow]

Is there a posibility to make this a post on IG. I have followers that like nature and its ecosystem functions. Or at least the permission to upload the video at link it to this post

[usedcarsuae.]

*_You upload this faster than I can open YouTube._*

🤷🏼‍♀️👩‍💻

[WalkingStreets]

Next Video: How/Why Humans Eat Polluted Clams

[_Obey_]

Don't eat oysters unless they're from farms!
They are direly needed in our oceans, but definitely not in our stomachs.

[sherine]

Interesting, though you didn't really explain *how* they do that.

[eminekale]

43/5000
Can we use it for wastewater treatment after treat wastewater for better result?