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Posted 17 March 2005 - 12:42 AM (#1) BoomerSub

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Posted 17 March 2005 - 12:05 PM (#2) acestro

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I got to see some fairy shrimp first hand in Mississippi. They are incredible creatures! Great article!

Posted 17 March 2005 - 12:15 PM (#3) Fruitbat

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Fascinating!! It is always nice to see a new taxon discovered....especially if it is a large species (and 3 inches is huge for a fairy shrimp!). Thanks for posting this article.

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That's amazing! It just bogles mind that there are some many species of animals that yet to be found.

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Posted 17 March 2005 - 01:46 PM (#5) MR.FREEZ

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i learned my dayly fact for the day, good article man

Posted 17 March 2005 - 02:20 PM (#6) Umbilical Syllables

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Pretty interesting little shrimp! I found the way they keep their prey with them fascinating.

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Umbilical Syllables, on Mar 17 2005, 11:20 AM, said:

Pretty interesting little shrimp! I found the way they keep their prey with them fascinating.

no kiddin me too and the fact that the science lady says that there so differnet for all other but it

took that long to name it as a new species, i must have missed something

Posted 18 March 2005 - 01:38 AM (#8) acestro

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MR.FREEZ, on Mar 17 2005, 09:55 PM, said:

Umbilical Syllables, on Mar 17 2005, 11:20 AM, said:

Pretty interesting little shrimp! I found the way they keep their prey with them fascinating.

no kiddin me too and the fact that the science lady says that there so differnet for all other but it

took that long to name it as a new species, i must have missed something

Nope, they missed something! It's easy to assume a species has been described. Biologists dont usually know everything about all of the species in their study areas, usually just the taxa they study (fish, herps, birds, plants, etc....)