Desert flooding in Australia causes mysterious creatures to emerge in their thousandsNick Morgan / Facebook This tiny creature is a shield shrimp. Recent flooding across Australia's red centre has caused mysterious tiny shrimp lying dormant in the desert to hatch in their thousands. Queensland Museum Queensland Museum calls the shield shrimp "the most strange looking and distinctive of all desert crustaceans." "Now is the best time to see the shield shrimp as the recent heavy rain in the Central Australia region has brought them to life." "I have seen these shield shrimp in a puddle on top of Uluru about 28 years ago.

Source: Stuff January 13, 2017 07:24 UTC