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What Do Shrimp Eat?
The crustacean known as the shrimp is closely related to lobsters and crabs, but it has plenty of variety within its more ...
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Deep-sea shrimp have evolved enhanced vision for the bioluminescent world
Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature Communications Biology. The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming ...
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Sea turtles can carry more than 100,000 tiny animals on their shells
These microscopic animals include nematodes ... Researchers found more than 100,000 skeleton shrimp on 24 loggerhead sea turtles. Photograph by Dr. Jeroen Ingels “It is a hugely diverse little ...
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Deep-sea creature — with bright orange body — discovered off Japan. It’s a new species
The “robustly built” animal appeared different from other ... pumped into the water support a large variety of sea creatures, including shrimp, according to the institution and NOAA.
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From glowing corals to vomiting shrimp, animals have used bioluminescence to communicate for millions of years - here’s what scientists still don’t know about it
As one notable example, some shrimp vomit light-making chemicals ... through geologic time for many types of animals, particularly in the deep sea. This research has sparked new ideas for us ...
Deep-sea shrimp have evolved enhanced vision for the bioluminescent world, study finds
Some of these shrimp have special glowing organs that ... This research helps improve the understanding of how deep-sea animals are able to not only live but thrive in such extreme and dark ...