|
Little Aussie EcoSphere Welcome to something totally new and amazing for Australia. Absolutely fascinating, totally captivating and educational too; this is the "one and only" Little Aussie Eco-Sphere™, Australia's very first "completely closed ecosystem" otherwise known as a"Biosphere" for the classroom, desktop, or window sill.
The Little Aussie Ecosphere™ is a completely self-sustained miniature world completely encased in glass. Little Aussie Ecosphere™ makes a perfect gift or purchase; this unique mini-aquarium originates from a technology first developed by NASA many years ago and marketed world wide except for Australia now they are available here at Little Aussie Products.
What's Inside? Little Aussie Ecosphere™ contains a selection of small, captive bred, Australian native critters. Living inside each sphere are tiny marine snails and a number of very busy and playful ball shaped marine Ostracod shrimp that playfully swim about in their crystal habitat. Additionally the little Ostrocod's will continuously reproduce live young inside the sphere to replace those that die from old age, each shrimp having a natual life span of three to four months or more.
Little Aussie Eco-Sphere as a Living Art Form.The Little Aussie Eco-sphere™ is not just a scientific marvel, but a perfect work of art. Easy to care for, the Little Aussie Ecosphere™ is a fantastic teaching-aid, which provides a simplified view of how life works on our planet and the technology of future space-travel.
With the Little Aussie Ecosphere™ you begin to feel as though its a window looking into an entirely different world, watching as the Sea Snails, Ostrocods (seed shrimp) & Algae - thrive in their unique environment. The beauty of their self-contained world is further enhanced by the fan shaped gorgonia branches, giving this watery orb a real three dimensional depth.
NASA developed Eco Spheres to Study Space Travel.
Many years ago, NASA scientists were studying ways to build spaceships that could keep astronauts alive for long space journeys. They wanted the environment inside the spaceship to maintain itself, producing food and oxygen for the crew and keeping the air and water clean and reusable. As part of NASA's experiments, they discovered how to make a self-contained living world inside a closed glass container.
Because these tiny, living worlds were so beautiful and helped people understand about the balance of nature, NASA gave the technology away so that these little worlds could be properly marketed.
Here is how a "closed ecosystem" such as Little Aussie Ecosphere™ works
- Light (sun or artificial light) makes the algae grow.
- Algae produce oxygen bubbles and food for the seed shrimp.
- Seed shrimp and snails eat the algae as food and breathe in the oxygen.
- Seed shrimp and snails produce waste carbon dioxide whilst breathing out and solid waste material from eating the algae.
- The microscopic bacteria then feed on the waste from the Seed Shrimp and snail's, breaking the waste matter down into nutrients.
- The algae use the nutrients and the carbon dioxide breathed out by the shrimp and snails (and light energy) to grow back, so the shrimp will have yet another meal.
- And round and round goes the cycle for the shrimp, snails and algae as each species goes through numerous generations.
As long as nothing disturbs this balance (such as too much heat or too little light), everything lives in harmony. Just as on Earth.
Did you know?Earth itself is a massive, very complicated ecosphere. The planet Earth has air, water, land, and life. It also has the Sun for energy with out it the earth would not be what it is today.
Ecology and the Balance of Nature.
Every part of Earths ecosphere depends on every other part. For example, if some of the seaweed in the oceans dies, fish will have less oxygen, because seaweed produces oxygen. If a volcano erupts and puts a lot of soot into the atmosphere, the wind could spread the particles for thousands of miles. Less sunshine would get through, so the air temperature could be colder for a while. Also, less sunshine means plants would not grow as fast, nor produce as much oxygen. How much water is frozen as ice has a lot to do with Earth's climate and how living things thrive and adapt to their environments. " What a perfect educational gift that can be used to demonstrate ecology as it works and as a symbolic demonstration of the delicate balance and fragility of our own planet Earth. |
Great Addition! 
