What Is a Fairy Shrimp and How Does Its Eggs Wait for Years to Hatch? Lesson 72
Nat Theo Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible
Eryn Lynum
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🗓️ 22 April 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
This is no fairy tale… this is a fairy shrimp! Discover an amazing creature that makes its home in seasonal vernal ponds and whose eggs can wait for years, or even centuries, to hatch!
Here’s our trail map:
- What Is a Vernal Pond?
- What Is a Fairy Shrimp?
- Where Do Fairy Shrimp Come From?
- How Did God Design Fairy Shrimp to Thrive Through Rest?
- How Can We Wait and Rest Well?
Episode Links:
Order Eryn’s book: The Nature of Rest: What the Bible and Creation Teach Us About Sabbath Living: https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Rest-Creation-Sabbath-Living/dp/0825448891
Plan Your Visit to the Family Adventure Days at the Creation Museum: CreationMuseum.org/family-days
Discover God’s wild and wonderful world with the Kids Answers magazine by Answers in Genesis: GetAnswers.org/kids
Eryn’s Fairy Shrimp Video: https://www.instagram.com/erynlynumauthor/reel/CuZtkzvgsqB/
Nat Theo Club Bonus Video: https://erynlynum.com/club-videos
Get full lesson guides in the Nat Theo Club: https://erynlynum.com/club
Free Vernal Pond Coloring Sheet: https://erynlynum.com/fairy-shrimp-facts-for-kids/
Ask your nature question: https://erynlynum.com/ask
Order Eryn's book, Rooted in Wonder: Nurturing Your Family's Faith Through God's Creation: https://www.amazon.com/Rooted-Wonder-Nurturing-Familys-Creation/dp/0825447615
Some of the resources used for research:
https://www.vernalpool.org/fairy-shrimp
https://coloradostories.online/colorado-connie-blog/f/in-search-of-colorado-fairy-shrimp
Scriptures Referenced in This Episode:
“Then God said, ‘Let the water be filled with living things…’” Genesis 1:20 (NCV)
“Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.” Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
“They who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength…” Isaiah 40:31 (ESV)
Terms Learned in This Episode:
Vernal Pond: Temporary seasonal pond that forms when rainwater fills an area during wet seasons.
Habitat: An area where something living makes its home. It’s an area that provides what that living thing needs to survive including food, water, shelter, and a mate.
Invertebrates: Creatures that do not have a backbone or bony skeleton.
Fairy Shrimp: Small, see-through crustaceans that live in freshwater vernal ponds.
Dormant: When something is not active or growing. But it could become active and keep growing in the future.
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| 0:00.0 | Have you downloaded the free coloring sheet for this lesson? |
| 0:03.9 | Click the link in our show notes to print and color along as you listen. |
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| 0:13.5 | and a bonus video of content every single week so you can dive deeper into every lesson. |
| 0:20.0 | Explore God's wild and wonderful world in the Nat Theo Club at Aaron Linum.com |
| 0:25.2 | slash club or at the link in our show notes. |
| 0:31.2 | Hello world. |
| 0:32.7 | Wake me up to another good good morning time to go. |
| 0:39.0 | Are you ready to explore God's wild and wonderful world? |
| 0:44.0 | Welcome to the Nat Theo podcast. |
| 0:46.8 | I'm your host, Aaron Linum. |
| 0:48.6 | I'm a certified master naturalist, Bible teacher, and author. |
| 0:52.4 | And I am so excited to dive into God's written word, the Bible, and his created world with you. |
| 1:10.7 | Have you ever found a strange creature in the water? |
| 1:14.9 | When I was a young girl, I grew up near some woods and a pond, |
| 1:19.6 | and my brother and sister and friends and I spent so many days exploring those woods and the pond. |
| 1:26.5 | We would run and bike down the trails and find turtles in the |
| 1:30.3 | water. But turtles are not the only creatures that we discovered in the pond. One day, we found |
| 1:37.8 | small, worm-like creatures clinging to sticks near the pond's edge in the water, we thought perhaps it was a strange |
| 1:45.5 | kind of fish. We happened to have brought a bucket with us, because that's always a good idea |
| 1:51.1 | when you visit a pond, and we collected as many of those wriggling creatures as we could. |
| 1:57.9 | And then we returned home to eagerly show our parents the unique fish that we had caught. |
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