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Published online 14 June 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010614-12

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Underwater racket keeps eiders down

Recorded boat noise deters ducks from devastating mussel farms.

It's not just the Belgians who have a taste for mussels. Eider ducks can eat 2.

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