Nocturnal marble shrimps flaunt a variety of colors

By Susan Scott

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 17, 2011

~~<p>I recently wrote about an armchair-size coral head I named Fuller Brush Rock after the dozens of bristly shrimps I found clinging to its top. The striped, 2- to 3-inch-long shrimp in fur coats hung there for weeks. One day they were gone and I never saw them again.</p>
<p>Unless the shrimps left inside a fish's stomach, I don't believe my furry friends went far, because reef shrimps would rather walk than swim. I like to think that rather than becoming a meal, my shrimps came to their senses and went into hiding.</p>
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I recently wrote about an armchair-size coral head I named Fuller Brush Rock after the dozens of bristly shrimps I found clinging to its top. The striped, 2- to 3-inch-long shrimp in fur coats hung there for weeks. One day they were gone and I never saw them again.

Unless the shrimps left inside a fish's stomach, I don't believe my furry friends went far, because reef shrimps would rather walk than swim. I like to think that rather than becoming a meal, my shrimps came to their senses and went into hiding. Login for more...