Sand Flea facts: actually a crustacean | Animal Fact Files

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Sand fleas aren't fleas - they aren't even insects! Now, there are other animals commonly called sand fleas that are actually flea, but they have another commonly used name, so we've decided to talk about these NOT fleas instead. ;) Sand fleas are named so because they have amazing jumping abilities! They some pretty amazing crustaceans because some of them, most commonly known as lawn shrimp, are wholly terrestrial! They're some of the only crustaceans that have been able to move from water to land (though they do still require moisture to keep from drying out!).
Scientific Name: Family - Talitridae
Range: nearly worldwide but lacking from polar regions
Size: 5 to 20mm (less than an inch)
Diet: algae, detritus, etc.
Lifespan: about a year
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Комментарии : 56

@proffesserm6008 3 года назад

Of course I’m studying amphipods and this pops up out of now where ...I am in tune with the universe thank you animal fact files..🙏🙏

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

Oh sounds like an awesome field of study!

@joelperez6600 2 года назад

The algorithm *^

@rinfelaralte8158 3 года назад

I never seen a sand fleas in my life.. but Yes! I've search for this videos.

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

Now you know more about something you didn't before =D

@rinfelaralte8158 3 года назад

@@AnimalFactFiles yes.. thanks a lot🥰👍

@gerrys4822 2 года назад

You think you're eating shrimp at Red Lobster???? Uh-uh...Guess again! Lol

@AnimalFactFiles 2 года назад

💀🤡

@sixtysyxti3235 10 дней назад

Oh gosh you might be right

@duskadown6751 3 года назад

sand crabs!! :D I love finding them under the sand and waves on beaches

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

You must be good at scoping them out!

@glaceonletsitgo8704 2 года назад

Loved this!!!

@karasgold 9 месяцев назад

To hell with that im never going to a beach ever again

@frankenstein6677 4 месяца назад

Sand fleas are not harmful to humans in any way. They are just little crustaceans.

@dqw4w9wgxcq32 3 года назад

Great video as always! Personal suggestion is a video on Cranes. Thanks! :)

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

This is a great suggestion, I'll add it to the list. Thanks! 😊

@reginafrederick1390 5 дней назад

I always thought that they lived in regular sand that is in like in my yard. I guess I was way wrong. Oh,well.

@elisasoaresalmada9115 2 года назад

I used this video as a theme for my classes! Thank you very much!

@AnimalFactFiles 2 года назад

You're most welcome! Glad it was helpful!

@EphemeralProductions 2 года назад

Watching these skitter around is cute and funny. 😁

@serminkran1320 3 года назад

Wow these are amazing animals Youre the best

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it! 💜

@praisesol2740 3 года назад

So I'm aware of the difference between the borrowing sand crabs and sand fleas,that they often get mixed up due to colloquial terms being interchangable between the two groups. But my question is why are they considered such a burden to the trainee marines of paris island if their diet consists of seaweed?

@kamronkamren5428 3 года назад

Thanks for taking my suggestion

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

Thanks for the idea!

@KonradvonHotzendorf 2 года назад

Who else ended here because they watched a video on someone cooking and eating fleas?

@AnimalFactFiles 2 года назад

What!? I haven't seen that!

@KonradvonHotzendorf 2 года назад

@@AnimalFactFiles Yeah. Watched a clip called 'How to catch and cook fleas '. I was wondering what he was eating 😅, more interested in the biology than eating them😊

@frankenstein6677 4 месяца назад

You'd struggle to find a crustacean that isn't both edible and delicious to be honest.

@BlazinRaisi 3 года назад

Y’all call these things sand fleas? I used to call these lil buggers snacks 😋 bussin bussin

@eonsmith9508 2 года назад

So why is there a bunch of videos with people that have infested feet along side videos like this?

@igris6128 3 года назад

Weird I used to have these on my backyard when I was a kid the thing is that it was very far from the ocean in 🇨🇷

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

Oh maybe you had the kinds called "lawn shrimp" in your backyard?

@n1msu Год назад

@@AnimalFactFiles I'm guessing a woodlouse/lice as we call them in England, we have another type that can roll into a ball that we call pea bugs. No wonder this species is ancient, it has adapted to so many dierent environments. The deep sea Isopod is the penultimate adaptation though IMO.

@n1msu Год назад

I had no above the pea bugs had gills though. They're usually ound living under a rock in moist soil. Brilliant ino

@Rain_Sound10 Год назад

are they eatable ?

@wannacashmeoutside 2 года назад

Omg that’s why I see so many videos of people cooking them and I was like whyyyyyyy but now it makes more sense ;) little crustacean= yum little flea=no

@AnimalFactFiles 2 года назад

Haha glad it cleared that up for you ❤️

@kamotecruiser4083 Год назад

My cat ain't jumping that far

@Tommybotham 3 года назад

“Actually a crustacean”.... like crustaceans aren’t just insects that live in the sea -_-

@frankenstein6677 4 месяца назад

Insects and crustaceans descend from the same group of marine arthropods, but are very different groups. Insects are hexapods within Pancrustacea, a taxon that includes crustaceans and many lesser known and extinct groups. If you consider all pancrustaceans to be crustaceans, insects are land crustaceans, not the opposite.