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| Phycocaris simulans |
Video: funsea17
Almost entirely composed of hair.
Hairy Shrimp come from parts of Southeast Asia. Very little is known about them, possibly because they themselves are so very, very little.
Video: oceanlifebali
They're something like 5 millimetres long, which is very nearly nothing at all. They're also sort of bent double, with their tail held more aloft than when a cat goes all showy with its behind. Why, by the way, are there no cat underpants? Surely some Victorian must have invented them?
And then, of course...
Hairy Shrimp are completely covered in hair! Along with their red, brown and orange colours, it lets them completely disappear among the filthy, detritus-strewn algae that looks so pretty from a distance.
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| Image: prilfish King of the trash heap |
You here that, cats? Nasty and covered in mites!
3 comments:
That is some very impressive camouflage. It's a wonder they've been spotted at all.
They're so fluffy!!!!!
@elfinelvin: I know! You gotta have good eyes and I guess you have to look for every little bit of suspicious movement.
@Lear's Fool: They look like fuzzballs!
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