IRL Bio Domes that you can gift to your friends

[AmbrJones Wickenshire]

These glass spheres contain things like shrimp, bacteria and algae. It's basically a self contained ecosystem that survives as long as it gets sunlight. Typically they last only 2 years but some are as old as 7. The whole thing was apparently the afterbirth of a NASA project about sustaining an ecosystem for long duration in space.
Piss away your money here:
http://www.eco-sphere.com/index.html

 

[j15m]

 

[Synecdoche]

it looks cool but i don't know how sad i would feel when its just a bunch of dead shrimp and a branch in a glass ball.

 

[GeneralFaggotry]

 

[The Ant]

I saw something like that about 8 years ago. It was at a doctors office, and it had 2 small frogs inside. Not sure what the frogs ate.

 

[3tails]

I saw something like that about 8 years ago. It was at a doctors office, and it had 2 small frogs inside. Not sure what the frogs ate.

Probably a terrarium. It likely had a hidden way to open it up so the frogs could be fed more bugs. Bottled gardens are a plant-only variant that can last for decades with zero care outside of making sure it gets some light.

I have heard about those "eco-sphere" shrimp balls. Apparently it's not a good idea to stuff living beings in a tiny container full of their own rotting excrement. Who knew?