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How gnarly are these little things ? Their can lay dormant for decades and still be viable. Crazy...
Have you ever heard of tadpole shrimp? Even some of our staff who have worked in the Mojave Desert a while had not seen these creatures before. After a recent summer rainstorm, our Data Scientist discovered these tadpole shrimp in a flooded lakebed that just before the storm was an expanse of dried out, cracked mud. So, how do these shrimp manage to hang out when their home is baked with 100-degree temperatures for weeks, leaving them with little water to be found? The adults do need water, and will get by in small potholes and ephemeral pools that fill seasonally. But their adaptations to long periods of dry, hot conditions are their tough eggs that can be viable for decades, and their rapid growth once young shrimp hatch. They can eat 40 percent of their body weight each day, so grow to adult shrimp in 2-3 weeks - taking advantage of the short time water may be present! These small crustaceans that look like tiny horseshoe crabs are believed to be among the most ancient species on Earth, having appeared millions of years ago!
What if these are new mutated versions that grow to be 15 feet long ? And they're mission is to save the planet ? First thing on the list to go ? Us
Have you ever heard of tadpole shrimp? Even some of our staff who have worked in the Mojave Desert a while had not seen these creatures before. After a recent summer rainstorm, our Data Scientist discovered these tadpole shrimp in a flooded lakebed that just before the storm was an expanse of dried out, cracked mud. So, how do these shrimp manage to hang out when their home is baked with 100-degree temperatures for weeks, leaving them with little water to be found? The adults do need water, and will get by in small potholes and ephemeral pools that fill seasonally. But their adaptations to long periods of dry, hot conditions are their tough eggs that can be viable for decades, and their rapid growth once young shrimp hatch. They can eat 40 percent of their body weight each day, so grow to adult shrimp in 2-3 weeks - taking advantage of the short time water may be present! These small crustaceans that look like tiny horseshoe crabs are believed to be among the most ancient species on Earth, having appeared millions of years ago!
What if these are new mutated versions that grow to be 15 feet long ? And they're mission is to save the planet ? First thing on the list to go ? Us
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Do they eat dirt ? Wtf could they possibly find to eat ?
Seems odd that the eggs can be viable for decades, come to life with a little water, then only live for 3 months ? They wait decades to live 3 months ?
From 2018, but still fun to see how long these things will sit dormant before they decide to take a stroll.
Pit Row
Probably why I have been seeing Mississippi Kites all summer for the first time. They like to eat cicadas evidently.
Well, they're here every year.
Cicadas were great fun as a boy.
I'd go swipe about 10' of thread from mom's biggest spool, catch a bug, tie him off, and have a living kite for a while.
Fly that sumbitch until he wouldn't.
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