When He Tweeted This Picture Of Oysters, He Probably Wasn't Expecting This Sort Of Response

[glowing]

24. My college did the testing for the Myrtle Beach area and after

Bad rain storms, we'd have to shut down the fisheris in Murrels Inlet to allow the run off from the farms and road filter thru the oysters and "clean" the water back up. They are nature little garbage disposals. They are absolutely amazing and vital for the South East coasts. Maryland would be a far nicer estuary if the oysters could be culled back thru there. They do use them as a tool to clean up areas, but so much damage was done, that it takes a while.

Back in the college days, we would have a test question about how many days it would take to clean the Gulf of Mexico by Oysters... With nothing more coming in as contamination went. I think it was like 3 or 4 days with optimal oyster fisheries... If, like I said, no more contamination was coming in. No matter what, they are just an amazing and vital resource in nature. Super cool little devils!