I had to wait until after Christmas to post this.
You see I bought pets last year.
But they were not... normal pets.
Here was my chat log from the day I hatched them:
Well let's just say they grew up well:
That's right. The ancient Kabuto fossils were resurrected to life and I had some awesome pets.
These Triops were absolutely fascinating to watch. They breathed through their legs so they wold keep needing to swim around, and their many legs would move in a mesmerizing wave pattern.
Too bad you can't see that here in a static picture.
Look at the two tails in the Triops above. It has a damaged shorter one, but it would be as good as new once it undergoes it's next moult.
That's right, they shed their outer skin like how crabs and prawns do. And because of that they double in size every day for the initial period of their lives. It's mind-blowing.
Above is the final picture I took of the 3 adults together. (One later got caught in my pump.) The one lying upside down is not dead. They tend to swim to the surface upside down to let their legs feel for food, and when they find it they hold on to the food, and because they stop paddling as much, they sink to the bottom while chewing on their pellets.
They were so weird! But these guys were so fascinating I could watch them for hours.
Anyway, I had a water plant in the water so I did not throw out the water as I felt bad killing the plant. (I know right? But it has life too. These people who only eat vegetables are cruel. Plants did no harm, unlike meat animals, so how can we eat them! But I digress.)
I checked the water for mosquitoes every day. It was after all, stagnant. And a week or so later, I found something wriggling in the water and got ready to throw out the water.
But it wasn't a mosquito larva. Against all odds, one baby had just hatched!
The circle of life had continued!
You see I bought pets last year.
But they were not... normal pets.
Here was my chat log from the day I hatched them:
17 minutes later...
17 days later...
Well let's just say they grew up well:
That's right. The ancient Kabuto fossils were resurrected to life and I had some awesome pets.
These Triops were absolutely fascinating to watch. They breathed through their legs so they wold keep needing to swim around, and their many legs would move in a mesmerizing wave pattern.
Look at the two tails in the Triops above. It has a damaged shorter one, but it would be as good as new once it undergoes it's next moult.
That's right, they shed their outer skin like how crabs and prawns do. And because of that they double in size every day for the initial period of their lives. It's mind-blowing.
They were so weird! But these guys were so fascinating I could watch them for hours.
Alas, they do have short life-spans, and in a month's time my tank had run its course and the Triops were dead. It was quite sad, for these guys gave me so much entertainment.
Anyway, I had a water plant in the water so I did not throw out the water as I felt bad killing the plant. (I know right? But it has life too. These people who only eat vegetables are cruel. Plants did no harm, unlike meat animals, so how can we eat them! But I digress.)
I checked the water for mosquitoes every day. It was after all, stagnant. And a week or so later, I found something wriggling in the water and got ready to throw out the water.
But it wasn't a mosquito larva. Against all odds, one baby had just hatched!
The circle of life had continued!
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