Visit https://brilliant.org/bizarrebeasts/ to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30-day free trial. Tadpole shrimp are neither tadpoles, nor shrimp. They are a little, ancient type of crustacean that swims in water in the driest places on earth. Subscribe to the pin club here: https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-subscription This month's pin is designed by Ceri Thomas. You can find out more about them and their work here: https://nixillustration.com/ You can cancel any time by emailing hello@dftba.com Find the tadpole shrimp pins and Bizarre Beasts Valentine's Day cards here: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bizarrebeasts Follow us on socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bizarrebeasts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BizarreBeastsShow/ #BizarreBeasts #triops #tadpoleshrimp ----- Sources: https://www.britannica.com/animal/tadpole-shrimp https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0034998 https://www.iflscience.com/three-eyed-dinosaur-shrimp-are-waking-up-at-burning-man-70529 https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/surprise-three-eyed-time-hopping-crustaceans-emerge-from-seemingly-nowhere-after-arizona https://books.google.com/books?id=hjwN65nZBE0C&pg=PA75#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=64jgZ1CfmB8C&pg=PA417#v=onepage&q&f=false https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article/21/4/991/2679840 https://web.archive.org/web/20110723062941/http://crustacea.net/crustace/www/notostra.htm https://www.britannica.com/animal/shrimp-crustacean https://burningman.org/event/preparation/faq/ https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/antarctica/ https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/biome/biodesert.php https://blackrockdesert.org/about-the-black-rock-desert-playa/ https://eros.usgs.gov/earthshots/black-rock-playa-nevada-usa https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Triops_longicaudatus/#habitat https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lepidurus_packardi/#habitat https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lepidurus_packardi/#development https://www.fws.gov/species/vernal-pool-tadpole-shrimp-lepidurus-packardi https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Triops_longicaudatus/#reproduction https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lepidurus_packardi/#development https://mytriops.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/paper11.pdf https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/107/6/518/2622894?login=false ------ Images: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1013517992 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1064483536 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1069598202 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1077695778 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1139993117 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1216525882 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1226361727 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1289843521 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1358390661 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1358396655 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1358397962 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1358400090 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1358402370 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1358412947 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1358417851 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1358418040 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1372104655 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1404255511 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1498355734 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1866221690 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/472601871 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/473245425 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156008737 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3408677 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VnXo_ruGUo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73vLOyYD7wA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwjwlG52WQw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzJCkeViWms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp8YKHArRws https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isIlvSupuJo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYGNPYASjjI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQacfYW6eZQ https://zoologicalletters.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40851-019-0136-0/figures/1