While home to hundreds of Marines and sailors responsible for the protection of the nation, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is also home to one species in need of protection.
The San Diego fairy shrimp is a species of fresh water shrimp that lives in temporary, or vernal, pools during the summer and the winter. When fully grown, fairy shrimp are approximately the size of a finger nail or tadpole and have an average lifespan of three to four weeks.
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