[AAABEST]

the threatened vernal pool fairy shrimp

These freaks exist in some backward-assed wonderland, where strange creatures that lurk in mud puddles destroy unsuspecting people's lives.

[AuntB]

I have taped a recent Discovery Channel program on the "fairy shrimp". You can boil these eggs for 10 minutes and not kill them. They survive ANYWHERE. AAABEST, do you recall way back when, "Sea monkeys" that all us kids used to buy from magazines....they are Fairy Shrimp. This gets the all time "give me a break" award and they announced today they are trying to shut down more land in So. Oregon because of them. I'm out of this state as fast as I can go.
Know anyone who wants to buy 2 nice acres, irrigated with a great shop???