Australia's prehistoric animals feed on microbes and bacteria

Recently, Australia's prehistoric animals stunned netizens, some experts pointed out that the shield shrimp just look like shrimp, in fact, is not shrimp, and they have appeared on the earth as early as 250 million years ago, so far their appearance has not changed much, can be called living fossilsJanuary 20, after days of heavy rain in Australia's Northern Territory, netizens found the rare and exotic-looking creature "Shield shrimp" in the local desertSome experts pointed out that the shield shrimp just looks like shrimp, in fact, is not shrimp, and they have appeared on Earth as early as 250 million years ago, so far their shape has not changed much, can be called living fossils."p style"text-align: "center","img src""alt""Aussie prehistoric animals with micro-organisms and bacteria as food" title "Australia's prehistoric animals with microbes and bacteria as food""Taiwan's Dongsen News Cloud reported on January 19, from the photos taken by netizens can be seen, also known as "desert shrimp" shield shrimp is crawling on the mudIt is young in shape and has a large hard shell on its backSome people describe it as an alien creature and a bit like a "alien" in a horror movieit is understood that the species has emerged in the age of dinosaurs, so some people call them "Australian dinosaur shrimp" shield shrimp can generally grow up to 7 cm, to micro-organisms and bacteria as foodMichael Barritt, abiologist at the , said in an interview that shield shrimps can survive extreme climates and their shells make people think they are shrimps, but they don't have the forelimbs of the shrimps and therefore are not real shrimps"text-align:center;"img src""alt""Aussie prehistoric animals feed on microbes and bacteria" title""Aussie prehistoric animals feed on microbes and bacteria"Barrett estimates that their presence is due to the removal of eggs buried in the soil before the mud dries up after rainWhen their eggs are moistened by the rain, they hatch immediately and give birth to the next generationAccording to current laboratory research, their eggs can be kept for 7 years as long as they remain in a dry state! That is to say, a shield shrimp egg can be put on for 7 years, and then throw it into the water, it will still hatch! It is also because of this special ecology that they have survived from the time of the dinosaurs to the present day