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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA shrimp looking thingie the size of a lobster was captured off a dock in Florida.
Anyone seen anything like this before? (Best pictures at link below
https://www.facebook.com/MyFWC/posts/10152650268108349
Article from the Orlando Sentinel
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/gone-viral/os-florida-giant-shrimp-20140907,0,1039518.post
Florida fisherman reels in massive shrimp
There's nothing shrimpy about this shrimp.
If it actually is a shrimp, that is. This creature was caught off a dock in Fort Pierce and officials with Florida Fish and Wildlife still aren't exactly sure what it is.
Steve Bargeron saw a fellow fisherman pull the crustacean in and snapped the photographs, according to FWC. He described it as being 18 inches long and biting its own tail, so he held it on its back like a lobster before releasing it.
FWC officials are still working to determine what it may be; at this point they believe it may be a mantis shrimp, which despite what its name may suggest is actually a stomapod and not a shrimp at all
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/gone-viral/os-florida-giant-shrimp-20140907,0,1039518.post
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(611 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Also called a "mantis shrimp," although it's not technically a shrimp. Fairly closely related, however.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Shrimp sounds much yummier!
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)A delicacy in many cultures.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Hobo
(757 posts)also called a pissing shrimp, because they shoot water out when picked up. There is some good eating right there. I had them while living in Hong Kong where they are more popular than "normal" shrimp.
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Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)Here is just one excerpt from the whole piece at the link above:
Baitball Blogger
(46,735 posts)Super Mantis!
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
A HERETIC I AM
(24,370 posts)alarimer
(16,245 posts)18 inches is around their maximum size, but mostly I've seen them 3-5 inches or smaller.
They are quite common in warmer parts of the US, in marine or estuarine waters.
yuiyoshida
(41,832 posts)I will just have the Coffee... make it a Kona blend!!