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Wingman4l7 on June 6, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: A sealed bottle garden thriving after 40 years wit...

> I think these are more about the incredible toughness of the shrimp involved.

Pretty much; this guy[1] claims that basically, the shrimp slowly starve over the course of a couple years, shrinking after each molt.

[1]: http://www.petshrimp.com/opaeinfo.php

radio4fan on June 7, 2014 [–]

I'd have to doubt his claim, given this comment which shows they must be breeding:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7858130

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