# Invasion of the Jumbo Shrimp

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-jumbo-shrimp/620513>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 1, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-jumbo-shrimp/620513 "2012-05-01T14:11:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-jumbo-shrimp/620513/21 "2012-05-02T11:02:04Z")

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> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#):
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> Yeah. I mean, couldn’t we basically wipe them out by fishing the shit out of them?

Might not work - depending on the method of capture. In the case of the signal crayfish (currently invading UK rivers) - trapping them targets the adults, but adult crayfish are a significant predator of their own young\*, so depleting the adult population creates a population explosion the next generation.

\*Animals habitually eating their own young sounds like it should be a terrible evolutionary strategy (and therefore selected against), but this is not necessarily the case - lay a million eggs that hatch out into active offspring, then use them as errand-boys to voraciously collect and concentrate resources. As long as you don’t eat them all, it makes perfect sense…

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-jumbo-shrimp/620513/22 "2012-05-02T14:57:53Z")

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They’re really good fried over a plate of soba.

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**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-jumbo-shrimp/620513/23 "2012-05-04T06:19:15Z")

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> [@simple\_homer](#):
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> Other than size, how do they look different from other shrimp ?  
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Well I think normal shrimp have creepy looking heads anyway, so the fact that they just look larger than shrimp isn’t a selling point. Their weird features have been magnified. shudder.

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