{"id":135604,"date":"2025-09-01T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=135604"},"modified":"2025-09-01T07:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:00:11","slug":"could-this-small-ancient-shrimp-be-the-next-big-thing-in-xinjiang-aquaculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=135604","title":{"rendered":"Could this small ancient shrimp be the next big thing in Xinjiang aquaculture?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThey are small, ancient and might just have the potential to help some of China\u2019s most salt-affected areas turn a profit.<br \/>\nBrine shrimp, also known as Artemia, are among the oldest surviving species on Earth, going back about 400 million years. They are widely used as aquaculture feed, and also have medicinal and cosmetic value.<br \/>\nAnd now scientists have spotted them in the far reaches of the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.<br \/>\nThe shrimp are extremely tolerant of salt and were&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3323820\/could-small-ancient-shrimp-be-next-big-thing-xinjiang-aquaculture?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThey are small, ancient and might just have the potential to help some of China\u2019s most salt-affected areas turn a profit. Brine shrimp, also&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135604"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}