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Experiment 5. Red Sea water
is the proper environment  Salina,
Dead Sea Water not
Salina (Artemia salina) is a tiny salt water shrimp of 5 mm living in the Saline Lake of Ras Mohammed National Park/ Sharm El Sheikh / Egypt. You can bread baby shrimps  from Salina eggs-Eiern in the bottles of the previous experiment.
What you need
5-ml syringe, eggs of salt water shrimps (Artemia salina), Artemia food (Liquecell), spatula. Sea water of the previous experiment, 4 more injection bottles 5 ml, Dead Sea Salt.
Investigation
 * Left: Distribute the 5-ml sample of Red Sea water to 5 vials.
* Middle: Add a very small quantity of shrimp eggs to each vial by a spatula.
* Place the vials horizontal for best access of air for breathing.
* Roll the vials each 10 hours to mix water and air.
Results
*  Right: After two or three days at a warm place  baby shrimps have hatched.
   At 3N> three of these white babies can be seen swimming between brown eggs (E).
*  Baby shrimps will also hatch in Red Sea water.
* No shrimps will develop in Dead Sea water even if it contains as few salt as Red Sea water.

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