We now have six little crustaceans in our aquarium, although little is no longer the right word. They have at least doubled in size and seem to be intending many more size adjustments. Doubling your size is not something any creature should attempt, not unless you are especially equipped to do so. A rabbit may multiply with a similar speed but if it were to grow at the same rate as the mysterious Triops, we would have quite the Christmas food miracle just weeks before the holiday. Triops accomplish the remarkable biological feat by shedding their complete skin, and I mean 'complete' in the literal sense of the word. One would twitch slightly, swim towards the center of the tank, twitch some more and all of a sudden shake what seems to be a ghost off of itself. This ghost then floats to the bottom where it needs to be removed because it does not seem to dissolve or decompose. Hubbard has studied these shells and has confirmed that indeed they are the full creature sans its now larger self. When you have several of these monsters in one  aquarium, who do this every couple of hours, you get quite the biological fireworks. If they keep this up for long they will be as large as Olivia's rabbit. Let's hope they stay inside the tank and do not change into terrestrial dwellers.