Zebra mussel's found in Minnetonka

[popolarbear]

That local resident was me and my Boys!

sent the DNR an email picture.got a call back that i needed to send the sample to the state. and that i needed to fix it in rubbing alcohol. couldn't find that, so put it in vodka instead. wrapped it in a paper napkin, and put in envelope. at the post office , they mentioned that it was too thick for standard post, and what is inside.
me..."its a zebra mussel"
post.."you want to send a zebra mussel with the postal system"
me..."I was instructed by the state to send it in"..."OH and its fixed and frozen anyways"
post.."OK"
me.."look I'm not happy that i got to pay for this, so give me the cheepest slowest possible."
after some change it went in on Monday. i think it arrived Tuesday. and wed they called back and asked if they could use my name in a press release.

at which point i was surprised and said sure.
what i found was a large 3/4inch specimen. they found microscopic young of the year.(also found a school of a dozen walleye but that is another topic)