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+====== 15 Feb 2025: Shrimps at Bishop's Pond ======
+Not actually in the pond, but under logs, these are not the familiar seawater shrimps,
+or even the freshwater "shrimp" (//Gammarus//).
+Like the //Gammarus// and the sandhoppers (//Talitrus//) found in heaps of rotting seaweed on beaches,
+these are amphipod crustaceans.
+The ones we found today might be //Arcitalitrus dorrieni//, the Landhopper, Woodhopper or Lawn Shrimp,
+or perhaps //Cryptorchestia garbinii//.
+You can see a photo and more information at https://bmig.org.uk/species/arcitalitrus-dorrieni.
+==== ====
+We'll need to catch one to inspect it more closely, but as soon as they are uncovered,
+the little blighters immediately leap about all over the place, like large demented fleas.
+Also under the logs, but less surprising, are woodlice, which are isopod crustaceans.
+Isopods are flattened from top to bottom, whereas amphipods are flattened from side to side,
+and therefore tend to fall over on to their sides.
+Both need to live in damp places, if not actually in water like most other crustaceans,
+because they need to keep their gills moist in order to breathe.
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