Scientists baffled by giant shrimp in Ukraine
Published: 29 May, 2008, 10:12
Edited: 24 November, 2009, 14:33
Tests are being carried out on a strange creature caught in the Donetsk region of western Ukraine. Images of the weird shrimp-like animal were first captured on a mobile phone camera.
Scientist failed to identify the creature immediately but suspect it could be related to the tadpole shrimp.
These creatures inhabit every continent and can live in virtually any watery area, including puddles.
However, the tadpole shrimp, one of the oldest animals on Earth, does not usually grow bigger than 5-6 centimetres, while the creature caught in Ukraine was almost 20 centimetres long.
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A lot of Roberts in this thread.... Anyway, I'm a biology major and I've written an article on tadpole shrimp. One of this size is unusual but not unheard of, particularly in very remote areas. There are dozens of species. Also, in the video you can't see anything to indicate scale, so it could just be a regular sized tadpole shrimp/Triop.
Can you eat it? Let's have a Chernobyl Shrimp Cocktail!