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Eyeless cave shrimp senses light and can live frozen in ice

Brian Owens · March 29, 2016 ·

Deep in the ice caves of the Shawangunk Ridge in New York state lives a tiny crustacean with unique abilities.

Despite being eyeless, it can still detect some wavelengths of visible light. And it has no problem with being frozen solid during the frigid winters. Read more in New Scientist.

New Scientist animal behaviour, animals, ecology, Physiology

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