Posted on 09/04/2023 2:09:23 PM PDT by algore
Heavy rains that poured down on 70,000 Burning Man attendees have also awoken hundreds of three-eyed 'dinosaur shrimp' from their slumber.
The small creatures, known as fairy shrimp, were encased in a thick shell for years until rainstorms drenched the Nevada festival, typically a dry wasteland, and provided an optimal environment to hatch.
The crustaceans were spotted emerging from the mud pits as revelers escaped the flooded desert and will start laying more eggs over the next week.
Fairy shrimp are known as 'living fossils' as similar forms date back to the Cambrian Period, more than 500 million years ago.
Fairy shrimps belong to the Anostraca genus, and unlike shrimps, which fall under the Decapoda genus, they don't have shells on their heads or in front of their chests.
In addition, most fairy shrimps are found to have 11 pairs of legs, while modern shrimps have eight.
The 'dinosaur' creature has two eyes and a pit organ, a third eye common among insects. The pit organ helps them detect light changes to avoid predators.
Fairy shrimps have a short life span of two to three months and live in seasonal water bodies.
Their eggs are said to have 'tenacious vitality'. They can remain in the soil for a few years before hatching in freshwater and even survive being boiled.
The shrimp originally populated the world's oceans but were forced into shallow freshwater habitats by predators.
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And they were never heard from again and the Burning Man festival mysteriously ended.
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I never heard of this Burning Man freak fest until now.
I remember when it started, Then I didn’t remember yesterday
We burned the Ark as an effigy and then the rains came.
Soon we were covered with mud shrimps, while we prayed we were preyed on.
Fema and Biden did nothing to help us.
Desert ecology is fascinating.
Many animals, mammals have a third eye, including humans.
They look like a sexually transmitted disease.
So they are like sea monkeys???
the 4 eyed ones are good luck
The shrimp originally populated the world’s oceans but were forced into shallow freshwater habitats by white supremacist predators. /S
One of the first years they had this event. As the fire was burning, some nut ran into the flames. Talk about Wicker Man.
Are they tasty? Rather than eating bugs like the WEF wants us to do, maybe these shrimp are culinary delicacies.
13 posts and no Simpsons references?🤣
Shrimp fry!
You bring up a sore topic. Growing up many times I saw the ads for happy sea monkeys in the back of comic books. They had little crowns, for cryin’ out loud! It wasn’t till I was an adult I got some.
You can imagine my disappointment.
And indeed these look akin, though much bigger
Aren’t fairy shrimp what some guy packaged as Sea Monkeys? Did they emerge from their hibernation and construct an underwater kingdom, with shenanigans ensuing?
Who knows where they are laying their eggs while attendees are sleeping?
LOL, I have my own story about sea monkeys. Got a kit one year for Christmas and was growing them in a glass on our three cornered cabinet. My four year old brother thought it was kool aid and drank them.
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