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.

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It does indeed. Here they live even in tire track depressions filled with rain water. They are among the oldest surviving creatures in the world I think with a very interesting lifecycle.