Sentences with phrase «tadpole shrimp»

One of my very best sellers is the Tadpole Shrimp (Triops sp.), a creature so weird, so cool and so easy, that it defies belief.

Despite the animal's remarkable endurance, the tadpole shrimp is currently listed as an endangered species.

The tadpole shrimp, Triops cancriformis, is another contender for the title of oldest living animal species.

According to a report by The Telegraph, the tadpole shrimp as it appears today is virtually identical to a fossil of a specimen that lived some 200 million years ago just as dinosaurs rose to prominence.

Students from Riebli Elementary and Mark West Charter School in California examine whether Triops longicaudatus, or tadpole shrimp, could be grown in microgravity as a food source for long - term missions.

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However, cannibals did not grow as fast as tadpoles that were fed a protein - rich mixture of brine shrimp, suggesting that the cannibal diet was far from ideal.

The problem, however, is that if they hatch early the tadpoles are less well developed, and are more vulnerable to attack from shrimps and fish.