Tadpole and fairy shrimp

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I spent half of my day today crawling on my knees around some vernal pools in the forest admiring tadpole and fairy shrimp and other crazy things that live there. And then the other half of my day reading about these little aliens. Great day.

This is a picture of a tadpole shrimp



And this is a fairy shrimp



The pictures are from the internet.

Comments

[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

Cool little creatures.  The tadpole shrimp looks like it has a smilie face on it's head. 

I'm going to have to Google these. 

Athena

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I think you want regret spending a couple of minutes reading about them. They are among the oldest surviving creatures in the world with an interesting lifecycle.