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 Help Identify
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07/31/13 07:52 PM
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My grand kids found this in a pond that's normally dry, but it caught some rain this last rain we got. I have no idea what it is any help? top  bottom  Thanks in advance VTR Mike
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Re: Help Identify
[Re: VTR]
#4436644
07/31/13 07:58 PM
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Bull_Rope
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Re: Help Identify
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07/31/13 08:11 PM
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changedmyname
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Why would that be in a pond?
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Re: Help Identify
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07/31/13 08:17 PM
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Texas buckeye
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I agree it looks like a horseshoe crab initially, but horseshoe crabs don't have forked tails. This is a relative of the horseshoe crab, an Apus cancriformis, commonly known as an apus.
Last edited by Texas buckeye; 07/31/13 08:17 PM.
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Re: Help Identify
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07/31/13 08:17 PM
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I see those in our Concrete Water tanks all the time.
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Re: Help Identify
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07/31/13 08:19 PM
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Texas buckeye
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They are also known as tadpole shrimp, and have a very quick lifespan...eggs are resistant to drought so you may see them in old tanks when rain brings up some water and the eggs hatch.
Probably due to all the rain we have been getting, unless you haven't gotten any rain, in which case you probably just have a population of them
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Re: Help Identify
[Re: Texas buckeye]
#4436729
07/31/13 08:24 PM
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That's crazy.... looks like good catfish bait
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Re: Help Identify
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07/31/13 08:30 PM
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Considered one of the oldest living things on earth today
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Re: Help Identify
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07/31/13 08:31 PM
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Triops...... a living fossil
Very cool find
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Re: Help Identify
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07/31/13 08:31 PM
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DesertHunting
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They are also known as tadpole shrimp, and have a very quick lifespan...eggs are resistant to drought so you may see them in old tanks when rain brings up some water and the eggs hatch.
Probably due to all the rain we have been getting, unless you haven't gotten any rain, in which case you probably just have a population of them Bingo
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Re: Help Identify
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07/31/13 08:32 PM
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Schpanky
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....looks like something out of a horror movie to me....
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Re: Help Identify
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07/31/13 08:35 PM
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They are also known as tadpole shrimp, and have a very quick lifespan...eggs are resistant to drought so you may see them in old tanks when rain brings up some water and the eggs hatch.
Probably due to all the rain we have been getting, unless you haven't gotten any rain, in which case you probably just have a population of them Bingo My grand children thank you all, this seems to fit tank is always dry and caught some rain and btw there are LOTS of them. VTR Mike
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Re: Help Identify
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07/31/13 08:35 PM
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I think it is that face hugger from "Alien"
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Re: Help Identify
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07/31/13 09:15 PM
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DesertHunting
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They are also known as tadpole shrimp, and have a very quick lifespan...eggs are resistant to drought so you may see them in old tanks when rain brings up some water and the eggs hatch.
Probably due to all the rain we have been getting, unless you haven't gotten any rain, in which case you probably just have a population of them Bingo My grand children thank you all, this seems to fit tank is always dry and caught some rain and btw there are LOTS of them. VTR Mike Tell them they are more than welcome. We have a tank that gets them when it rains as well and the kids love catching them and bringing them to the house for momma. It's amazing how long those eggs can stay in the ground then hatch once it rains.
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Re: Help Identify
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07/31/13 10:04 PM
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Re: Help Identify
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07/31/13 10:07 PM
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Wow.... cool..... way different!
I'd ask him if he's pregnant. He missed a s__tload of periods. I'll take "things that look like a uterus" for $200 Alex.
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