Thursday, February 10, 2005

Apple #35: Shrimp

SHRIMP

The last entry was pretty long. Here's a short one. About shrimp, ha-ha.

This is what shrimp look like after you take them out of the water, before they hit the market or your plate:


Shrimp live all over the place, in salt or fresh water, in wetlands and in the open sea. They eat algae, microscopic organisms, and other little plants or animals.

They swim by paddling their "abdominal swimmerets."

Sources:
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, SEAMAP Gulf of Mexico
Resource Surveys
Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition,
Shrimp
US EPA,
Wetlands and People
Great Salt Lake
Brine Shrimp

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