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Pupukea tide pool contains feeble shrimp full of charm
By Susan Scott
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 30, 2012 LAST UPDATED: 02:29 a.m. HST, Jul 30, 2012
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When my 12­year­old friend Naia said she wanted to show
me some shrimp she found, I didn't know I had to suffer to
see them. But the cut on my toe, the scrape on my knee
and the crick in my back turned out to be a small price to
pay. When we arrived, Naia's shrimp not only crawled from
beneath their rock homes to greet us, they also walked
onto our fingers and posed for pictures.
COURTESY SUSAN SCOTT
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The little charmers are called feeble shrimp after their
species name "debilis," meaning "weak" (full scientific
name: Palaemon debilis). Their Hawaiian name is opae
huna.
Injuries from 'distracted walking' on the rise ­
Opae huna live along Hawaii's shorelines in areas
protected from the open ocean, such as the pool where
Naia found them at the Shark's Cove end of Pupu​
kea
Beach Park. A lot of us remember this area as loaded with
spearfishers, but since 2002 this underwater park has
been fully protected from all fishing.
More heavy rain hits NKorea, flooding
buildings ­ 06:40 a.m.
That made a huge difference, and now this teeming
marine life conservation district is as wonderful as
Hanauma Bay. With a caveat: Sharp lava rocks line many
of the pools, and the underwater rocks are slippery.
Nimble Naia hopped over and around the submerged and
semisubmerged obstacle course with no problem. I had so
much trouble, though, that I decided to get in the water and
snorkel there. But some areas were too shallow to float
over or swim around. Back I went to stumbling and flailing.
When I finally arrived at the site, Naia kindly offered me her
"sitting rock" to watch the shrimp, but the small boulder
was more suited to Naia's bottom than mine. I crouched in
the pool, sure that no marine animal would show itself with
my two big feet planted in the middle of its home.
"They'll come," Naia said, and she was right. After a minute
or so, several 2­inch­long, see­through shrimp began to
emerge from their hiding places. Soon the place was
crawling with the creatures, and when we held our hands
in the water, the friendly shrimp climbed on.
Feeble shrimp are beauties to behold, their nearly
transparent bodies decorated with a visual Morse code of
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the sides of their heads like blue lollipops.
You can find feeble shrimp in anchialine ponds, terrestrial freshwater pools with underground connections to the
ocean. In these brackish seeps, feeble shrimp live with their cousins, the red pond shrimp known as opae ula. Feeble
shrimp also live in Ala Moana Beach Park pools.
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I highly recommend a visit to Shark's Cove before the winter surf starts in September and stirs the place up. Bring
booties.
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conservationists
This 2­ to 3­foot­deep crossing was one of the more challenging marine excursions I've had in a long time. It was also
one of the most fun. Thanks, Naia. I will follow you anywhere.
———
Reach Susan Scott at www.susanscott.net.
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What a fun day!! Lucky young friend to share your love of the ocean. Someday we will be reading her columns. s
on July 30,2012 | 04:52AM
Lanikaula wrote:
Oh, Great! now some hungry two­legged 'predator' will soon come and harvest them now that the whole 'world' knows their
'secret' hiding place and method to get them out!
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Probably already gone by this post. Might even be the guy who was spearfishing 4inchers off south side.
on July 30,2012 | 08:08AM
Antolini wrote:
Mahalo Susan for the fabulous insights into the importance and growing abundance of the spectacular Pupukea Marine
Life Conservation District! In the past few years, thanks to improved education and enforcement that this area is largely off
limits to fishing, we've seen more fish, more marine critters, more monk seals, and healthy turtles in the area. To protect this
special area for the future ­­ for your friend Naia and other keiki, residents and visitors ­­ the community watch group
Malama Pupukea­Waimea formed in 2005 and has a weekly outreach tent at Sharks Cove on Saturdays and a variety of
educational programs. We are looking for volunteers and invite folks to keep in touch with what's happening up here at
Pupukea, Three Tables, and Waimea Bay through our newsletter and web site: www. pupukeawaimea.org. Again, hooray
Susan for putting a valuable spotlight on the wonders of the marine life in Hawaii and beyond!! Denise Antolini, President,
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