For the past few years my dear friend pantslessly waded into a vernal pool on their land every April with a PVC pipe to collect some gunk and send it into a group of citizen science people. The citizen science people then tested and inspected the gunk. Last week, we found out that there were Fairy Shrimp in the collection samples. Fairy Shrimp are tiny, magical (obviously, look at their name) creatures that have been found in deserts, mountain lakes, and Antarctic ice. It seems they made their way to Vermont by hitching a ride on a glacier.
Wow, so amazing! So beautifully said. Thank you 💚