Prehistoric Shrimp
By Wendy Heller, August 30, 2008 @ 02:00 AM (EST)
Source: Bbc.co.uk
Specimens of the tadpole shrimp date back to at least 220 million years ago.
It is now almost extinct in the UK but recent heavy downpours have seen the creature flourish at the Caerlaverock reserve in Dumfries and Galloway.
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust researcher Larry Griffin said that three-times the average rainfall for August created "ideal conditions" for the species.
The creature had been thought to be extinct in Scotland until it was found at Caerlaverock on the Solway Firth four years ago.
Mr Griffin, who spotted the tiny species in the same location in 2004, was "very excited" to see it return...
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