{"id":262,"date":"2006-11-11T20:28:58","date_gmt":"2006-11-12T01:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/11\/shrimp-on-a-treadmill\/"},"modified":"2010-11-23T00:08:21","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T05:08:21","slug":"shrimp-on-a-treadmill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/11\/shrimp-on-a-treadmill\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrimp on a treadmill?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p> David Scholnick of Pacific University has a profound interest in how shrimp act when they get an infection. 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