# Will this shrimp fly? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-shrimp-fly/583575 "2011-05-28T16:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-shrimp-fly/583575/1 "2011-05-28T16:17:01Z")
Yup, it’s a [shrimp on a treadmill](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15319541/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/scientists-put-shrimp-treadmill/). Can it take off? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-shrimp-fly/583575/2 "2011-05-28T17:43:42Z")
If it’s prepared. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-shrimp-fly/583575/3 "2011-05-28T17:57:15Z")
Well, son, what did you do at work today? I forced some sick shrimp to exercise on a treadmill while wearing little weighted duct tape backpacks to tire them our quicker. What did you prove? That sick shrimp can’t run as long as healthy shrimp. . . . . * * * Yes, I know. Basic science and establish a baseline and all. Still doesn’t seem like Nobel material. And I hope no one made them little hats to wear, although that would increase their hits on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-shrimp-fly/583575/4 "2011-05-28T19:02:39Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > And I hope no one made them little hats to wear, although that would increase their hits on YouTube. I hope they don’t get around to [radiating them.](http://lumiere.ens.fr/~alphapsy/blog/images/21701757_them_lg.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-shrimp-fly/583575/5 "2011-05-28T19:04:49Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > If it’s prepared. You mean with a little butter & salt? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-shrimp-fly/583575/6 "2011-05-28T19:10:33Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > You mean with a little butter & salt? I was thinking Batman, but butter and garlic will work. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-shrimp-fly/583575/7 "2011-05-28T19:50:41Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I was thinking Batman, but butter and garlic will work. I dunno…Batman might taste better with wing sauce. Or capers, with a side of boysenberry. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-shrimp-fly/583575/8 "2011-05-28T20:05:01Z")
I read the title as “Will this shrimp fry?” and imagined some sort of automated shrimp frying conveyer belt. Now I’m hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-shrimp-fly/583575/9 "2011-05-28T21:02:26Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I read the title as “Will this shrimp fry?” and imagined some sort of automated shrimp frying conveyer belt. A franchise opportunity, to be sure.