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Hi everyone,

I'm doing an amphibian survey with Camosun College and Ministry of the Environment.

We were looking in this gravel pit and found this among the shotgun shells, old appliances and other junk.

I never new we had fairy shrimp here in BC.

http://www.petshrimp.com/cpg/displayima ... at=0&pos=0

TKD

PS Sorry about the pic quality.
PPS ok new link for pic or look at it in the gallary.

That requires a login. Anyway you can fix that?

I am not suprised you have them. I've seen them in pools with ice on them. They are quite wide spread.

Ok fixed the link... finaly!

Oh and I found another in a vernal pool in the Sooke reservoir.
The new one had a darker red coloration.

TKD

Darker red could mean less oxygen in the water. The make more hemoglobin if there isn't enough oxygen.

That would make sence with all the decaying trees and things that were in the pool.

TKD