Any Clue What These Are?

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Found this on the web. These look amazingly similar and are described as snail poop.

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http://www.sitkawild.org/2012/12/scs-helps-study-invasive-tunicates/fecal-pellets-snail/

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Having kept snails in aquaria for several decades, I can say with some certainty; it IS snail crap! :poop:
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Yay for snail poop! Mystery solved. Thanks Sleuth Team!
 
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I found something very similar a few days ago, which are called Ostracoda, which basically means Shrimp.


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Here is a short video of their behaviour

 

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