Strange cratas have emerged in a pond in an Arizona park: these are the ancient three-eyed dinosaur shrimp
The images spread across the web from Arizona. Have you ever heard of three-eyed dinosaur shrimp? The strange creatures are emerged from a pond, after a torrential summer downpour. A pond that has formed in a small park in the Wupatki National Monument.
Those who first noticed them initially thought they were classic tadpoles. But those little animals were too weird and bizarre. After the necessary investigations, it was established that they were three-eyed dinosaur shrimp, better known by the name triops. Real gods living fossils.
Experts explained that their eggs remain dormant for decades. Once they hatch in the water, the animals grow very fast and reach a maximum length of 4.5 cm.
The park ranger, Mr. Lauren Carter, wanted to tell their disbelief at the sight of those shrimps.
A visitor came up to me and told me there were tadpoles in a puddle. So I went to see. I picked one up with my hand, looked at it and thought: ‘What is it?’ I had no idea. I researched and realized that in that field there were the eggs of those prehistoric animals and that the water had made them hatch.
The story goes that the ancestors of the three-eyed dinosaur shrimp lived during the Devonian period. They had one life span of 90 days. The ranger explained that the pond water has dried up and that no one can know how many eggs have been laid, as these animals mature sexually after only one week of life. We will therefore have to wait the next downpour to find out if others will hatch.
Photos of the strange creatures, of course, spread around the world, leaving millions of people without words.
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