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31st August 2010 |
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The BBC Radio 4 programme 'Saving Species' episode 18 talks about the Tadpole Shrimp population in Scotland.
See this page to listen to the programme - BBC Radio 4 Notostraca
PDF documents about these Scottish sites can be found in our Scientific Paper section, see paper # 19
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31st July 2010 |
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More rare Triops sites uncovered in Scotland.
The BBC News site has reported that more of the protected Triops cancriformis colonies have been found in South West Scotland at Caerlaverock reserve in Dumfries and Galloway.
This is good news for this species as perviously it was only known to exist in one secret place in Scotland and in another in England in the New Forest.
More can be found at BBC News and at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust site.
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15th November 2007 |
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Silly time in the News - 'A Prehistoric Fish in a Russian Pond'
A story is going about recently of a giant 5 foot long 'fish' found in Russia.
It is of course nearly impossible to tell the scale of the animal in the photos shown.
But let's not let the facts get in the way of a good story shall we?
Take a look yourself - englishrussia.com.
News must be slow if other sites are taking in by this hoax.
Still any publicity is good publicity I say...
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2nd November 2007 |
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Triops numidicus image comes to light and it's a biggy.

This Triops picture come from Morocco, Africa and shows an adult Triops.
Must be one of the biggest Triops I've seen.
Click on the above image to see another view.
Thanks to Don Dasis, Eric Quéinnec and Adeline Lecot.
Also a recently published paper 'Evidence for cryptic species in the tadpole shrimp Triops granarius', indicates that Triops numidicus should in fact be named Triops granarius.
See our Paper section.
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12th September 2006 |
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First pictures of the rare species of Triops - Lepidurus arcticus have been revealed.
This amazing Triops hatches out at summer time in Greenland and the Svalbard islands where
the temperature of their lakes and pools drops to 6C (42F) or lower!
See the species page for a
first look! My many thanks to biologists Tomas Willems and Hans van Loy from Belgium.
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18th August 2006 |
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More studies of the subspecies of Triops cancriformis Triops cancriformis simplex
and Triops cancriformis mauritanicu added to the site.
See Paper16 in our scientific paper section.
A new species, Lepidurus cryptus discovered in North America. See Paper15 in our scientific paper section.
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17th October 2005 |
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For the first time in the UK, species Triops australiensis, the Shield Shrimp, goes on
sale.
Cornish Crispa Co., live plant and pet care suppliers, have announced that from today they
are selling on their UK web site the Australian species of Triops - Triops australiensis australiensis.
If you wish to hatch out this elusive species and you live in the UK. Then pop over to Cornish Crispa Co.
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23rd September 2005 |
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MyTriops.com opens its science paper section. read some interesting and very indepth
articles on the Triops species. You will require a copy
of Acrobat Reader to read these PDF files.
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12th September 2005 |
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MyTriops.com revamp its FAQ pages for more easy to
understand topics on the raising of Triops for beginners.
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8th January 2005 |
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MyTriops.com opens its Containers page. Common
questions about raising Triops in containers are hopefully answered here.
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30th December 2004 |
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MyTriops.com opens its Quick Set Up page. Here is
a fast, no nonsense page on how to hatch out your Triops kit with optimum results.
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27th December 2004 |
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MyTriops.com opens its food recipe page.
It's fun to find new foods to feed your Triops.
If you have fed your Triops with any foods not mentioned on this page, then drop me an
email and I'll add your recipe!
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19th October 2004 |
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| Scotland finds
Triops cancriformis alive and well after thought extinct for more than fifty years.
Whilst the United Kingdom has had Triops in England for quite some time now (ok, 220
million years), they were not thought to exist elsewhere in the U.K.
The Triops cancriformis in the U.K. are actually an endangered species as more and more of
their native pools are dried up and converted to farm or housing land.
Image owned by ARKive - the world’s largest digital
treasury for images of endangered species.
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