Fairy Shrimp! Amazing freshwater shrimp!

I went out herping one night in the woods in Pottstown Pa to film a video for Nature Now, after visiting our good friend Nicole. I found nothing other than the usual toads, spring peepers and other vernal pool critters. I saw a damselfly larva swim by so I picked it up for a closer look. Low and behold, it was a fairy shrimp! I was so excited to finally find these branchipoda after wanting to see them since I was young. In some areas they are supposed to be common but I have never found them before. They are about an inch and a half long and very neat to watch. They are an important food source for many birds and fish. #wildlife #shrimp #nature

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[jmgalaxytab]

Your footage is excellent, even those filmed in the wild! And the 1st one you caught it with just your hands, it just swam into the palm of your hand! Wow, how nice!

[Dther]

I love these guys! They're like giant, colourful sea monkeys, which I also love <3

[TammyPerl]

These guys are ADORABLE! I love their fancy swimming! Thanks for this awesome video. It made my day!

[Lilyz]

Must be happy since you wanted see them since young, nice job exploring :) 👍☀️

[joannvalencia]

Love this video!! So cool to see them so big in a puddle! Wow!!!

[GoHerping]

Awesome footage! Congrats on finding them

[thescaleofnature]

I’m in west Texas and I visit vernal pool regularly when we have rain. I’ve seen thousands of fairy shrimp and tadpole shrimp in the last few days. They’re so cool!

[carina_and_the_fishies]

I'm slightly late to this video but I can really imagine how exciting this must have been for you, this is so cool!

[immeee]

Thank you so much for sharing. I've been fascinated by those tiny creatures since age five. Here I am, age 52 and still fascinated. At the bottom of this video, at around 6:18, I noticed that when that male turns on his side, he shows that second pair of antennae you spoke of that he uses to grasp onto the female.

[anga]

Thank you for sharing this!!! I'm ABSOLUTELY captivated and want more information.... All information I can get!!

[megasardonix]

The blue coloration on the egg sacs and the green looking legs are so unique, I hope you keep a few of their eggs to grow more fairy shrimps

[MrNargleflex]

One of my science teachers always used to talk about Fairy Shrimp but I'd never seen one before this!

[CampfireSteveOutdoors]

WOW Dude! I just got one heck of an education. I had never heard of these or knew about their details. Like learning about an alien species for me. Awesome!

[Lilyz]

So cool! Appreciate the footage, the effort and the explanation. :)

[merlin]

Thank you for posting this awesome video.
Wonderful creatures, i do have some at home, love to watch them swimming gracefully in their tank.

[tngyfry]

Iv just came across my first fairly shrimp about a year ago I thought they were some kind of lech or something but I kept searching and figured out what they are pretty cool!

[itrasheditgood]

I remember finding fairy shrimp as a kid, they are just soooo cool

[MoonSpinners]

I’m a few years late, but what a fantastic video 👍🇬🇧

[neppie.]

Haha i bought 5 years ago a triops set from galileo and used it some days ago and noticed it contains fairy shrimp eggs instead of triops
This video was a big help

[bromelienhausen]

This is incredible, I breed some species of Fairy shrimp, but man such videos are just amazing.