seeder Posted January 15, 2017 #1 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Quote Freak rain brings prehistoric ‘alien’ shrimp BACK TO LIFE FREAK rain in the Australian outback has allowed a prehistoric, alien-looking shrimp to emerge from out of the blue. A species of odd-looking crustaceans have been brought back after rare rain that comes around on average every half a century rehydrated the shrimp. There was so much rainfall in the usually perpetually dry Uluru, near Alice Springs in the middle of Australia, that it was closed to the public due to heavy flooding. However, one positive is that a marine-creature, known as a shield shrimp (or Triops australiensis) has reemerged. The creature is classed as a ‘living fossil’ as it has barely changed in tens of millions of years and is one of the toughest animals on the planet.http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/754209/alien-prehistoric-shrimp-uluru-living-fossil 9 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquatus1 Posted January 15, 2017 #2 Share Posted January 15, 2017 This would be more impressive if Triops weren't being sold next to Sea Monkeys at Toys R Us. 4 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted January 15, 2017 #3 Share Posted January 15, 2017 9 hours ago, aquatus1 said: This would be more impressive if Triops weren't being sold next to Sea Monkeys at Toys R Us. Are you serious? 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butler Posted January 15, 2017 #4 Share Posted January 15, 2017 (edited) 9 minutes ago, oldrover said: Are you serious? It's true. http://www.triops.com/html/index.aspx?page=home The pressing question now is, what do they taste like? Edited January 15, 2017 by The Butler 7 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted January 15, 2017 #5 Share Posted January 15, 2017 5 minutes ago, The Butler said: It's true. http://www.triops.com/html/index.aspx?page=home I tell you this, I'm going to order some. I've been fascinated by these little ba****** for as long as I can remember. I've always wanted to see one. 5 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquatus1 Posted January 16, 2017 #6 Share Posted January 16, 2017 They are about as impressive as Sea Monkeys. 4 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted January 16, 2017 #7 Share Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) 17 hours ago, oldrover said: Are you serious? I used to have a few of them in a tank at home. They swam around for a few weeks, and then promptly expired. They are actually one of the few animals that deserves the term "living fossil", since as a genus Triops has been around since the Carboniferous. They are also cannibalistic, and I remember the bigger ones actually eating the smaller ones. Edited January 16, 2017 by Carnoferox 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switchopens Posted January 16, 2017 #8 Share Posted January 16, 2017 They're better than sea monkeys since one can actually see them without magnification. 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckerNate Posted January 16, 2017 #9 Share Posted January 16, 2017 18 hours ago, The Butler said: The pressing question now is, what do they taste like? That's what I was thinking about. Time to go in the kitchen and fix up some food. 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibeliever Posted January 16, 2017 #10 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Australia is one crazy place 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted January 17, 2017 #11 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I wonder if Australians are getting their barbies out to have shrimp? 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra. Posted January 17, 2017 #12 Share Posted January 17, 2017 11 hours ago, Calibeliever said: Australia is one crazy place Yeah - but in a good kinda way 4 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted January 17, 2017 #13 Share Posted January 17, 2017 When you visit Oz. Just don't say you root for their team. It might get you in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted January 18, 2017 #14 Share Posted January 18, 2017 It would be cool to see what would happen if it rained like that in Florida. 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summerin1905 Posted January 18, 2017 #15 Share Posted January 18, 2017 i thought triops were already here. I bought one of the grow triops kits way back when i was a kid. one thing though about them is they do cannabilism which i did not know. I learned my lesson. 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brlesq1 Posted January 19, 2017 #16 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Pretty cool. 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluey Posted January 19, 2017 #17 Share Posted January 19, 2017 It was a bacteria that starting showing just days before christmas.......and as us Aussies love our shrimp on the barbie.......it affected many fisherman.........heaps where fine though........we had a huge amount with our ham,turkey and all our other food........ 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrumpsSecretWeapon Posted January 21, 2017 #18 Share Posted January 21, 2017 what if shrimp are just whales STD's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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