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	<title>jayKayEss &#187; triops</title>
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		<title>Triassic Triops</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, after about six weeks of frantic swimming, eating and egg-laying, my little triops kicked the bucket last night. I could tell something was up, because she was sluggish and not eating as much. (I think six weeks is supposed to be a pretty good lifespan for a triops raised in captivity.) I miss her [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaykayess/146339681/"><img align="right" alt="Triassic Triops" src="http://static.flickr.com/44/146339681_578bbd1a48_m.jpg" /></a>So, after about six weeks of frantic swimming, eating and egg-laying, my little <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triops">triops</a> kicked the bucket last night.  I could tell something was up, because she was sluggish and not eating as much.  (I think six weeks is supposed to be a pretty good lifespan for a triops raised in captivity.)</p>
<p>I miss her already&#8211; it was fun watching her scramble around the fishbowl, doing backflips and attacking her little food pellets.  The good news is that she laid about a billion tiny pink eggs, which apparently don&#8217;t need to be fertilized in order to hatch (something called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis">parthenogenesis</a>, which makes sex for them optional.)  So, once the eggs dry out and hibernate for a couple of weeks, I might be able to hatch more baby triops, if I&#8217;m lucky.</p>
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