Biosecurity officials have seized prehistoric crustaceans raised in class by a primary school pupil from eggs posted from overseas.
The 6-year old boy, at a Warkworth primary school, was sent the eggs as a gift from an aunt.
The "tadpole shrimp" or triops were bigger than the similar "sea monkeys"
MAF seizes primary school pupil's science project
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