Did you love sea monkeys as a kid? We recently saw some of their cousins, majestic fairy shrimp, swimming in a vernal pool at Lighthouse West Natural Area! Fairy shrimp, or anostraca, is a member of the crustacean group and can be found living in vernal pools (seasonal bodies of water) and small lakes across the world and even in Antarctica. These little guys swim upside down, feed on algae, and are an important food for many birds and fish. Find them intriguing? Come out next Tuesday during #Ea
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16K views · 239 reactions | Fairy shrimp (Branchiopoda) are translucent crustaceans found in vernal pools and hypersaline lakes across the world. They’re diddy little shrimp, usually measuring just 6–25 mm long. Some think of fairy shrimp as living fossils as similar species have been discovered in the fossil record as far back as 140 million years. If ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Video credit: IG: arthropodian https://www.instagram.com/arthropodian/ | Science Is Awesome | Facebook
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Have you ever heard of FAIRY SHRIMP?? A truly magical creature, this tiny crustacean comes alive in small pools of water that only exist for a few weeks. They gracefully swim around upside down filtering algae with their specialized legs. Before the pools dry up, the females lay hardy eggs that survive being dried out and frozen up until the next year when the pools fill up again. Fairy shrimp can be found in many different environments, from the tundra of Denali National Park to the sandstone p
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