00:00when jumbo shrimp isn't a joke the giants of the deep jumbo shrimp sounds like a joke until you
00:08meet the species that make the word feel too small the giant freshwater prawn can grow massive claws
00:14that look almost separate from the animal itself stretching like blue weapons from a river monster
00:20the giant tiger prawn is one of the heavyweight stars of seafood with bold stripes a thick body
00:26and a size that made it a major aquaculture species across the indo-pacific
00:32then there are deep water shrimp and prawns that grow large in colder darker habitats where life
00:38moves slower and predators may be fewer some species are famous for the plate others are famous
00:45for the biology their long antennae sense the world their shells protect soft bodies
00:52their tails launch them backward and sudden escapes and their size reveals how flexible crustacean
01:00evolution can be but the seafood label can be misleading at the market words like jumbo or
01:06colossal are often about count per pound not one exact species a jumbo shrimp in a bag is a selling
01:13category a giant prawn in the wild is an animal shaped by habitat food temperature and survival
01:21the surprise is simple shrimp are not all tiny cocktail appetizers
01:28some are armored clawed river and ocean giants that completely redefine what jumbo means
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