Thousands of tahong or mussels washed ashore in San Enrique, Negros Occidental, due to strong rain.
As seen on Kuya Kim’s “24 Oras” report Tuesday, residents even from neighboring towns flocked to the area to get their share of mussels.
According to San Enrique fisheries consultant Joel Pedrosa, the mussels ended up on their shores because of the big waves due to the rain. According to Kuya Kim, tahong are filter feeders and consume planktons. Mussels need to filter about 65 liters of water per day. It’s female when its insides are orange and male when it’s white.
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