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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Sorry, guys. There are big shrimp and small prawns too. 
In this case, size really doesn't matter. 
They are completely different critters.
Sort of like comparing chimpanzees with humans although chimps and us actually have more in common than if you compare shrimp to prawns. Other than taste, which is pretty close, they have quite a few differences between them. Different legs (same number but different shape. Pincer vs no pincer,) different shell structure (check out plate number three,) completely different breathing apparatus (lamellar vs branching,) etc.
I wonder if we taste the same as chimps? 
Stitchawl |
See, I think this is a regional thing. For us it's mostly all the same. "Shrimps"
are just small prawns ("shrimp" is actually not much used, regardless of that old Paul Hogan ad. We generally specify species). It's sort of the way what we call "lobster" is totally different to what those in...is it northeast?...US call lobster. I understand those different traits you're talking about, but we wouldn't call the pincered variety "prawns". In fact, I'm not even sure we have the pincered variety. They sound similar to what are called, I think, langosteen in the UK.
Cheers,
Marc