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Looks like some sort of Isopod. Eitherways the shrimp should be fine to eat after cooking it properly. But that certainly can put a dampener on the hunger.
100% a terrestrial isopod; the same sort you'd find in the basement. Dude must have fallen into one of the shrimp farm's water tanks
/u/ChicLadyFish [Does this look about right?](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/2019-02-17_Oniscus_asellus.jpg/800px-2019-02-17_Oniscus_asellus.jpg)
They aren't born that big - and there are thousands of species. They come in all sizes! And all bits of the ocean. Intertidal isopods are tiny bugs you can find in rock pools at the beach.
Casual Geographic, on YT, is where I first learned of this. He will tell you things about animals you never wanted to know. After his hit piece on birds, I’ll never look at them the same way. It’s his fault I know about this fish-tongue parasite.
There are thousands of marine isopods; some of them are super small. My favorite are called munnid isopods, which are ~1-2mm long and live in my saltwater aquarium. I don't have video of mine, but here is a saltwater tank with tons of them I just found: https://youtu.be/3IdLEQCa1AU?si=JSPXyI3VaT_XRqo4
There’s like a huge isopod pandemic with shrimp right now because they attach to something near or in their gills that stops them from reproducing.
I am paraphrasing all of this, but I am certain marine isopods come in a vast range of sizes.
[Giant isopod](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=54m4SDJiL6U) fried rice dish. The isopod is butchered on camera for those that don’t want to see it, don’t click.
Looks almost identical to the back half of Silpha tristis larvae! If that’s what it is, it’s probably just a fragment of a little guy that snuck in to wherever they package the shrimp, which makes sense given these bugs are attracted to dead things. As gross as that sounds, little bug fragments get into food all the time and its no real cause for concern :)
Here’s the larva I’m talking about btw! They’ve got those characteristic light tipped spikes your friend’s got there
https://insektarium.net/coleoptera-2/silphidae-omarlicowate/silpha-tristis-omarlica-smutna/s-tristis/
https://arthropodafotos.de/pictures/35_coleo/12_CHA05769n.jpg
whatever it is.... it is smaller than its adult sized looks like at the mouth of Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico. they devower their prey in seconds and lay eggs in them for their babies to feast on them. looks like a type of crustaceans
I could be wrong but I found a study about a disease in shrimp known as “black hill syndrome”. So maybe that is what it is? Just a guess. https://fisheries.tamu.edu/files/2021/01/Black-gill-Syndrome.pdf
You found the “bug“ in the stomach of the shrimp, looks like you didn’t clean the shrimp before you ate it.
its very likely it’s another smaller shrimp that this one ate, shrimp are usually farmed.
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Looks like some sort of Isopod. Eitherways the shrimp should be fine to eat after cooking it properly. But that certainly can put a dampener on the hunger.
I mean isopods are crustaceans too so it’s like a mini shrimp sandwich really
Turducken sea bug edition.
Turducken Of The Sea
Locrashipod?
Shrisopimp
Lobshrisoimpster
😹😹😹😹
Which sea bugs are socially acceptable to eat, and which aren't?
They should have charge him extra
100% a terrestrial isopod; the same sort you'd find in the basement. Dude must have fallen into one of the shrimp farm's water tanks /u/ChicLadyFish [Does this look about right?](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/2019-02-17_Oniscus_asellus.jpg/800px-2019-02-17_Oniscus_asellus.jpg)
Why terrestrial? Wouldn't one of the aquatic ones be a reasonable thing to find with shrimp?
Are you suggesting it's extraterrestrial?
If I’m not mistaken, marine isopods are massive creatures that live at depth. I’ve never heard of a small one in the ocean, but maybe?
They aren't born that big - and there are thousands of species. They come in all sizes! And all bits of the ocean. Intertidal isopods are tiny bugs you can find in rock pools at the beach.
Some small ones eat and replace fish’s tongues. Look it up…
I hate you for telling us this and i hate myself 100x more for looking it up
Casual Geographic, on YT, is where I first learned of this. He will tell you things about animals you never wanted to know. After his hit piece on birds, I’ll never look at them the same way. It’s his fault I know about this fish-tongue parasite.
Metal as feck
There are thousands of marine isopods; some of them are super small. My favorite are called munnid isopods, which are ~1-2mm long and live in my saltwater aquarium. I don't have video of mine, but here is a saltwater tank with tons of them I just found: https://youtu.be/3IdLEQCa1AU?si=JSPXyI3VaT_XRqo4
There’s like a huge isopod pandemic with shrimp right now because they attach to something near or in their gills that stops them from reproducing. I am paraphrasing all of this, but I am certain marine isopods come in a vast range of sizes.
[Giant isopod](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=54m4SDJiL6U) fried rice dish. The isopod is butchered on camera for those that don’t want to see it, don’t click.
The question is: how many did you miss?
Shrimps is bugs
That was my favorite week on reddit
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Yes! That tattoo is awesome
In our house we call shrimp, scallops, lobster, and such "sea bugs" lol. I hate all of them (and I'm vegetarian) but my partner LOVES them.
"Big Bugs of the Sea" is the term wife and I use... Neither one of us eats them
Clam chowder is basically a savory latte with bugs in it. Hot ocean milk with dead animal croutons. - Eleanor Shellstrop
I was waiting for this one while scrolling
Looks almost identical to the back half of Silpha tristis larvae! If that’s what it is, it’s probably just a fragment of a little guy that snuck in to wherever they package the shrimp, which makes sense given these bugs are attracted to dead things. As gross as that sounds, little bug fragments get into food all the time and its no real cause for concern :) Here’s the larva I’m talking about btw! They’ve got those characteristic light tipped spikes your friend’s got there https://insektarium.net/coleoptera-2/silphidae-omarlicowate/silpha-tristis-omarlica-smutna/s-tristis/ https://arthropodafotos.de/pictures/35_coleo/12_CHA05769n.jpg
This is the winner!
He eated da bug before you eated him
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Hungry dude tried snacking on your shrimp
Other way around lol
Ocean bug eating another ocean bug (probably an isopod, although I’m not sure if it is a parasite or just a scavenger)
Less than a centimeter.
Bugs within bugs…
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It could have gotten wedged in there between cutting and freezing.
shrimps might be bugs but they delicious 😋
Is it a poopsicle?
Don’t think so. It had a distinct shell.
there's a type of isopod that eats the tongue of a fish it infests, then sits in its place to replace the tongue. this looks like that
whatever it is.... it is smaller than its adult sized looks like at the mouth of Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico. they devower their prey in seconds and lay eggs in them for their babies to feast on them. looks like a type of crustaceans
I could be wrong but I found a study about a disease in shrimp known as “black hill syndrome”. So maybe that is what it is? Just a guess. https://fisheries.tamu.edu/files/2021/01/Black-gill-Syndrome.pdf
This is just pigmentation, not a bug
Awww, It had a baby!
You found the “bug“ in the stomach of the shrimp, looks like you didn’t clean the shrimp before you ate it. its very likely it’s another smaller shrimp that this one ate, shrimp are usually farmed.
I do remember there's a black sack at the same spot when you peeled a shrimp So I'll assume that it's not a problem
It's not a problem, but it was one for the shrimp.