On one night fiive we had eeen laat^r ctMapletely transparent little 
compressed fish with tiiiy shining headlights for eyes, ai^ hoped to see 
son® more. But tonight there were none. In their places were acmie stran^ 
creatures an inch or so long, also completely tmnsjarent except for their 
eyes, which ax^ared to be on stalks. Some of them awam directly towards 
the light, and others cam© into the circle of light and did slow somersaults, 
I touched one of them, exj^eting to come into contact with something as 
light as thistledown. But these creatures had sheila. And the shells had 
sharp points . I closed my hand on one hoping that Tom would show up with 
the net, and the needle -sharp prong went into the palm of my hand. When 
I opened it the little creature was fast there, trapped by its own bayonet, 
kicking and struggling In Its invisible suit of armor. 
We netted several of them, along with a roimd, ctxnpressed little 
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fish about an inch long. The front half of it was glistening silver, 
the back half completely transparent, I never before had seen anything 
like it . 
When we arrived back home with our catch John told us that the trans- 
l»rent creatures are Lucifer shrimps. He did not know the fish. We had 
two of the fish, so one went into formaldel^e ar^ the other into the 
aquarium, where it imiaediately hid behind a conch shell, 
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Monday, Au^pist 3 . Out today for another try at the burrowing shrimp. When 
we arrived at our little enclosure we foiind tliat the burrow that had been 
its front door on Saturday now was plugged with shells, and he had a new 
door outside of the pen. I don’t think the new hole ^ 0.8 established as an 
escape route, though it could liave been. In a?^ case, we moved the erwiloBure 
a few inches, and presto. Its entrance was once again inside. 
