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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Descenter on March 16, 2005, 05:23:46 pm
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In Mountain Home, Idaho, National Gaurd biologist, Dana Quinney, has recently discovered a new type of shrimp, named the "fariy shrimp", which lies dormant in the desert during the summer months, and then awakens when rain falls creating ponds. A few weeks of mating, eating, and birthing are about all any of these creatures can expect. Buried in baked summer soil or frozen winter earth, the offspring can survive for years before hatching. This crustean is approximately 3 inches in lenth and 1 inches in width.
(http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/03/images/050316_fairyshrimp.jpg)
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Ugleeeee!
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but still cool I think
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Facehuggers!
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Originally posted by aldo_14
Facehuggers!
Damn you Aldo. I was just about to put that.:mad:
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Ugly yes, but interesting.
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Nasty looking little buggers.
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It's cool to have stuff happen close to home that contribute to science:p
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badass
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Tasty.
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Man your are making your way up my wierd list:shaking:
Note*
If you want them come to Mountain Home, Idaho
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Maybe it could be a species like the Gou'ld (sp?) and we just don't know it yet :drevil:
:p
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wow!
neat!
I'm a bit disapointed, though, when I first saw the pictures I thought it might be a trilobite. allas, it is a mear shimp, but a shimp with a cool life cycle.
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"Indeed"
yeah the trilobites have been extinct now for awhile now, and even if it was a trilobite, they couldn't call it a new species, since they have know about thoes for practically forever
got to admit though it does look like one. Maybe it is an ancestor of it..... oooooooh.... scary thought
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shrimp is good with red sauce :nod::yes:
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Originally posted by Descenter
yeah the trilobites have been extinct now for awhile now, and even if it was a trilobite, they couldn't call it a new species, since they have know about thoes for practically forever
Could have been a different species of trilobite, IIRC trilobites aren't one "species" (I remember something about Cryptolithus and something called a Phacops as both being trilobites)
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How cute. I want one for a pet.
PS is there supposed to be an image there? I don't see anything.
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Go here
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/03/images/050316_fairyshrimp.jpg
Photo: Picture of new fairy shrimp species discovered in Idaho
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Ooh, it's back. Hey, that looks really cool. Appetizer, anyone?
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looks like those things from Aliens
EDIT:didnt see aldo already said it
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i want one of those. that's the sort of thing you keep in a tank in your waiting room so patients can walk in, look at it, think about what sort of doctor keeps that in their waiting rooms, and then walk out again.
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Originally posted by Solatar
Could have been a different species of trilobite, IIRC trilobites aren't one "species" (I remember something about Cryptolithus and something called a Phacops as both being trilobites)
Err... yeah. Trilobita is actually a class - quite a bit furhter up the taxonomical tree.
From www.trilobites.info (good site)
They constitute an extinct class of arthropods, the Trilobita, made up of nine orders, over 150 families, about 5000 genera, and over 15,000 described species.
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A few weeks of mating and eating? Doesn't sound so bad. :p
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something that large, you'd think it wold have been found earlier :p
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Originally posted by icespeed
i want one of those. that's the sort of thing you keep in a tank in your waiting room so patients can walk in, look at it, think about what sort of doctor keeps that in their waiting rooms, and then walk out again.
You're going to be an evil genius when you graduate... admit it :p
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something that large, you'd think it wold have been found earlier
Well, remember where it was found. :) Idaho is practically all wilderness.
How can something so ugly have a name so cute?
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why the heck out they want to live in idaho?
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Cheap real estate?
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Idaho is practically all wilderness.
Not true, most of the southern half is all desert, especiall Mountain Home.
something that large, you'd think it wold have been found earlier
The main thing to remember is that it is only 3 inches long. Pretty small if you ask me.
Cheap real estate?
Funny. I live in Idaho and it is not "cheap" as most people view it.:doubt:
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Bet you don't pay (equivalent to) $200,000 for a 2 bedroom semi detached, though
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no, but it is a very good place to live,....... in my world
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To get an idea of what Idaho is like (rural Idaho anyway) consider this: Napoleon Dynamite was filmed in Idaho.
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SWEET.
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anything under 500K is cheep in my book.
I live in the Bay Area. Average house is 700K
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I'm a little disturbed by other new species they found right near these things.
(http://www.f-m-b.org/hl2preview/images/preview_images/headcrab.jpg)
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headz crab. The vasudans would probably like those buggers.
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where were thoes found?
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southeast of Boise
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ok.......looks like a rendering however
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oh, you mean fords head crab...
http://www.f-m-b.org/hl2preview/images/preview_images/headcrab.jpg
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Originally posted by Descenter
The main thing to remember is that it is only 3 inches long. Pretty small if you ask me.
3 inches is pretty large for a shrimp, imho :p
That's larger than most little beasts you find in the deserts, like scorpions, etc. Well anyway, it's funky, I want one, I cold put it in the beds of people I don't like. Would be cool if it would make screechy sounds, too.
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odd looking buggers... neat though
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(http://www.fire-house.net/jheilman/Wonderfest/CetiEel.jpg)
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:rolleyes:
Friend of yours?
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Originally posted by Corsair
How cute. I want one for a pet.
Don't be surprised if you or someone you know starts coughing violently at dinner then.
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omg so kawaii ^__^
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Originally posted by aldo_14
:rolleyes:
Friend of yours?
Dude. It's the ST:TWOK Ceti Eel! You gotta love 'em! :p
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ST:TWOK?
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Originally posted by aldo_14
ST:TWOK?
Store Truck: The Wreck of Kicks
or star trek: the wrath of khan.
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The (first mentioned species) i bet the vasudans would love. The dealicies of their diet. I wonder if the (first mentioned species) could be moved and mass bred in another place, more suitable for them so they didnt have to hybernate for yearz and have months of trying to breed right :P. How many they could have then.. hmm
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:wtf:
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Vasudans like crusteaceans too?