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On this episode of Wonders of the West, Julie Wignall tells us about a unique ancient creature that calls Nevada home.

Triops or Tadploe Shrimp film in natural water hole Grand Canyon National Park Arizona

We ordered a grow-a-frog kit, got our tadpole in the mail today and have misplaced its food. Says they eat continuously by filtering the water, so will it die if I give it sea monkey food until the real food replacement comes in the mail?

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 …

Watch in hq. Vid from a while ago. Two of my triops were close to death (pretty old) so I filmed em getting eaten lol. Don't put pointless comments its not cruel…. …