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Originally Posted by chriscosta
If its impossible for birds to transfer minnow can someone please explain how there was hundreds of freshwater shrimp on the fourth floor of my scaffolding where three Canada geese were lol ... no wives tale here I put some in a water bottle and they swam around all day ...oh and there was no lake near
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There is a difference between fish and arthrpods/Crustacea. The latter's eggs (of some species) can survive for years without water. Fish eggs, literally seconds to minutes.
Further, some arthrpod eggs may be able to pass through the digestive tract of birds without being destroyed. More likely though, the scuds grabbed hold (fish don't have the ability to grab) of a foot or burrowed in feathers, and hitched a ride.