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![136-FS-pool.jpg - At Callitriche Pool (I see no flowers on it), I see what looks like minnows an inch long, with a remarkably forked tail-fin; probably larvae of dragon-flies. The eyed head conspicuous, and something like a large dorsal fin. They dart about in this warm pool and rest at different angles with the horizon. April 16, 1855 [Thoreau's description suggests he was observing fairy shrimp rather than dragonfly larvae.]](136-FS-pool.jpg) |
| Fairy Shrimp | At Callitriche Pool (I see no flowers on it), I see what looks like minnows an inch long, with a remarkably forked tail-fin; probably larvae of dragon-flies. The eyed head conspicuous, and something like a large dorsal fin. They dart about in this warm pool and rest at different angles with the horizon. April 16, 1855 [Thoreau's description suggests he was observing fairy shrimp rather than dragonfly larvae.] | |
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