Shrimp contains 20% protein, which is one of the foods with high protein content. It is several times or even more than ten times that of fish, eggs, and milk. Compared with fish, shrimp contains more essential nutrients for human body. The amino acid valine is not high, but it is a nutritionally balanced source of protein. In addition, shrimp contains glycine. The higher the content of this amino acid, the sweeter the shrimp.

Compared with fish and poultry, shrimp has less fat content and almost no animal sugar as an energy source. Shrimp has a higher cholesterol content and is rich in beef that can lower human serum cholesterol. Sulfonic acid, shrimp is rich in potassium, iodine, magnesium, phosphorus and other trace elements and vitamin A and other ingredients.

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Shrimp is a decapod swimming suborder of Crustacea. There are nearly 2,000 species, most of which live in rivers and lakes. They all have beards, hooked noses, knotted back arches, and hard scaly feet on their tails. They are good at jumping. Many species are important foods. The size ranges from several meters to several millimeters, with an average of 4 to 8 centimeters. The larger ones are called prawns. It can swim backward quickly by bending its abdomen and tail.

Eat tiny organisms, and some eat carrion. Female shrimps can lay 1,500 to 14,000 eggs, which are attached to their swimming limbs. It goes through 5 developmental stages before becoming an adult. Its seeds are outside the abdomen and are very delicious, so people like to eat them. The shrimp body is long and flat, with an exoskeleton made of calcareous material, divided into two parts, the cephalothorax and abdomen. The head and thorax are covered by carapace. The abdomen is composed of 7 body segments. The front end of the head and breastplate has a long, serrated forehead sword and a pair of compound eyes with rotating handles. Shrimp breathe through gills, which are located on both sides of the head and thorax and are covered by the carapace. The mouth of the shrimp is at the bottom of the cephalothorax.

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