Finley's teacher assistant Mr. Powell was so nice to give Finley a Christmas gift this year. He gave Finley his first ever pet! It was a little kit with Triops eggs in it. I had never heard of Triops before, but they are little crustaceans that have been around 300 million years!
The kit came with eggs, food, and a container. First we placed the eggs in warm distilled water and waited for them to hatch. Ours took a little while to get going, but within a week we could see tiny white specks moving around in the water.
Eventually they started to get bigger and bigger!
In our case, we only ended up with one dominant Triops. He kept eating all the other smaller triops as they hatched and started to grow. They say this is normal and can happen.
As he grew he would shed or molt his outer shell. It was really cool. The Triops was supposed to live for up to a couple of months, but ours bit the dust after just one month. We think that maybe it was a little too cold for him. Luckily Finley wasn't too sad about it. We have more eggs saved, so we might try again when the weather is warmer. This is definitely my type of pet!
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