Triops longicaudatus from Rodeo, New Mexico. These living fossils spend most of the year as dried-up eggs in the desert, and hatch when monsoon rains form large puddles. They grow quickly, eating fairy shrimp (also pictured in video), mosquito larvae, snails, and a variety of aquatic invertebrates. They attain a maximum size of about 4 centimeters before laying eggs as the puddles dry up. These animals have changed little in 70 million years. They swim with their many legs (up to 132 in …
U can get them at Hobby Lobby.
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this really?
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this is cool pet……
ancient creatures for pet…..
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arumon123,
It’s a fairy shrimp.
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dude these are MASSIVE for triops lol mine die too quick
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you can buy them on some stores
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Ha this thai regea is awesome, really common in party places in thailand.
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Dis song is
Doo Ter Tum – Job Banjob
Right?
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what song is this?
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These are awesome.
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i had some of these and they ate each other
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i used to have sum of these
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i think in singapore its called seamonkeys u buy egg and throw em in water then they will grow and die
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they look like giant sea monkeys lol
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did you grow these from that science kit from toys r us?
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umm were those pink things sea dragons?
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thats sea monkeys you can buy them too like the triops
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okay…are these REALLY the same things in the sea monkey kits?
i dont think they are…they look bigger then mine ever got..
also, you always put good music to ur videos.
i want some of these…but not if their just gonna eat themselves. lol
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they are awesome
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@HikariDemonOfLight theres 2 types, sea monkeys and triops they’re different
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@MontyoxAwsome wtf lol u seriouS? didnt u give them food?
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@gtony2001 yah lol idk wtf happened but they slowly got eatin 1 by 1 lol
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they look closely similar to horeshoe crabs except they are soft and have those fins under them
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simpaticos animalitos
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I think Iv seen them as insta pets in a store before .
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