Like humans, shrimp who are sick with bacteria infections have lower activity levels and would rather spend the day resting. Instead, shrimp spend their waking hours "running" in search of food, from predators and migrating in order to survive.
Scholnick built an underwater treadmill to test how fast up to nine healthy and sick Pacific White shrimp run using six pairs of "legs" in the abdomen and tail. Five pairs of legs in front help the three-inch-long critter navigate its territory.
He filmed a minute and a half video demonstrating a shrimp running on a treadmill, which he posted on his personal Web page. An employee in Pacific's communications department last week posted the piece on YouTube, a Web site that contains millions of personal videos. The site was recently purchased by Google. Along with the video was a link to Scholnick's Web page that contains his phone number.
Scholnick's video was removed from YouTube a couple days later, but his fame had already grown to more than a million viewers. He received around a dozen phone calls including inquiries from media including National Geographic and Good Morning America.
Unknown fans and animal rights activists wanted details like the shrimp's name and species. They were not interested in the video's scientific background, Scholnick explained.
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