No head, no advanced central nervous system, but a lot of power. These ocean heroes are great for the climate and we need more of them ASAP.

⚠️ DISCLAIMER: In the video, at 01:08, we mention that oysters have no organs. This is not true. Oysters do have organs and a heart, although they do not have an advanced central nervous system.

Reporter: Amanda Coulson-Drasner
Camera: Chris Caurla
Video Editors: Amanda Coulson-Drasner, Freddy Willmann
Supervising Editors: Kiyo Dörrer, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann

We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

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Read More:

Mussels in the Great Lakes:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073...

Oyster reef habitats:
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/nation...

Loss of oyster reefs:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25588...

Billion Oyster Project:
https://www.billionoysterproject.org/

Mussels in South Africa: https://www.wwf.org.za/our_news/our_b...

Chapters

00:00 Intro
00:33 Background
01:55 Filtering
03:40 Reefs
04:41 Protecting coastlines
05:11 Farming
07:15 Restoration
08:14 Conclusion