A shrimp in Western Papua (Indonesia). Reinhard Dirscherl/Biosphoto
It is less emblematic than ornithorynque, less fashionable than Capybara, less revered of gourmets than its distant cousin the lobster. But, at the list of the most narcotic animals, the shrimp deserves a special place. First, because its name is a terrible trap. Unlike the dwarf hippopotamus which is indeed a small hippopotamus or the catfish, which, for lack of meowing, belongs well to the fish class, the shrimp is neither a shrimp nor a mantle. But, as its appearance evokes the first when its two front legs recall the second, humans, in almost all languages, opted for this easy name.
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Cruel injustice because, in terms of legs, the shrimp leaves the “nun” far behind. Very few animals have such a destructive weapon. Weapons, in truth. In this small family, some species amateur of fish have harpoons. Others, which rather taste the shells, the Massues with which they burst almost all the shells. Scientists, who are passionate about the critters, have flashed 108 kilometers an hour.
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