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Hunt for the BLACK Zebra shrimp

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wayne6442 Shrimp Master

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Hi Bob, as usual your work is fascinating, thanks for letting me into your programme .looking forward to seeing the blacks.

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Baccus Shrimp Master

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Great photos and infromation, the more I see the zebras the more I love them. The black ones sound really interesting hope you can get some photos soon of them.

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Liverpool Creek Shrimp Enthusiast

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Nice one Bob :)

When I get a chance to find some spare time ( hopefully soon), I'll hit you up on a field trip.

Tully Gorge is only half an hour drive for me.

cheers

Jeff

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northboy Shrimp Master

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I was thinking of looking for the White and the Gold Sooty grunters at Josephine falls?. Or looking for Stiphodon Gobies down your way?

Bob

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Hey bob, guess who's coming to cairns in Feb between 11th and 22nd :D I have 2 weeks off and the missus and I are gonna come up and go to the reef, cape trib etc. I've just showed her your tully gorge shrimp and now she wants to go there for a walk around in the rain forest! :D

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northboy Shrimp Master

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No where to walk at Tully but yell and I will show you and or direct you to some places, Cape Trib is a different story and you will see Fresh water Damsels there amongst other things there

Bob

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More shrimp species here in FNQ than the NT mate

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Sounds good bob, plus more trifasciata variants and Cairnsicthys ;)

Are you going to send me some of those black zebra shrimp too? :p

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Wow wonderful photos Bob thank you so much for sharing them with us I would love to see them in the wild that would be just so cool .

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wayne6442 Shrimp Master

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As usual Bob great work, every time I see your ventures make me want to move up your way! One Day!

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What awesome details 'mr attenborough' ;-) im learning a lot about our native shrimps I never knew :-)

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This is really amazing Northboy.

Thanks for sharing. For a newbie like me, looking through a field trip like this is an amazing eye opener.

Now if only there are such field trips in the Sydney areas.

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northboy Shrimp Master

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Thanks for the kind words guys.

I was successful in getting a couple of Black Zeb's recently, now all I have to do is put the field trip report together, I also have a couple of Yellow C. indistincta and that is another field trip report and that one involves Crocs a big one to that got to close.

Bob

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Wraithie Shrimp Breeder

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Hi bob, do you have any tips on shrimp spotting in the wild?

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ninja Shrimp Master

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Tiny red eyes in the sand by torchlight??? As opposed to great big red eyes like Bob sees!

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northboy Shrimp Master

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Big red eyes = be aware Ninja LOL.

Look for shrimp in spots that predators have a hard time getting them, like above water falls, under heavy grass banks, small creeks.

The Mountains west of Brisvags around Dayboro and Samford are OK, but usually only a single species in those places and the Bayside sandy or Blackwater creeks have some as well and you might get 2 species there.

Glass house Mountains has some good stuff to and there are Riffles in places there.

Bob

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Thanks bob :) I'm hoping to have a look in the northern rivers of nsw on the weekend, I don't have high hopes but you never know!

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h20rat Shrimp Keeper

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You could do us a Sir David style video!

Here in the pristine waters of northern nsw; high in the mountain ranges where the ecosystem is in some areas largely untouched by man - I am searching for one of the most elusive freshwater species in Australia. Most often overlooked for its larger marine cousin which is relegated to the backyard barbeque, the native freshwater shrimp is becoming a highly prized trophy in its own right. Join me as I search for this most fascinating of the Australian natives.... ;)

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northboy Shrimp Master

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Good Line Rat I might use that one, I might also call on you to wright more of a script?

Bob

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