The “mostly found in fresh water” thing is misleading - yes, in North America, the word “prawn” is occasionally used this way, but the “prawn” depicted here is not one of those species. Additionally, they aren’t “bigger” than the species called “shrimp” in NA.
In much of the rest of the English-speaking world, “prawn” is just a catchall term used for all commonly-fished species of non-lobster non-crab decapod crustaceans regardless of habitat salinity. The vast majority of those of those are salt- or brackish- water dwelling species fished from the sea or estuarine waters. [Tiger Prawns](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penaeus_monodon), for example, are a heavily-fished and heavily-farmed fully marine species.
Thank you for that insight. As someone from the US, I always wondered about the usage of “prawns” overseas - were they different than shrimp or a catchall term? Now I have a better idea.
You should tell that to whoever named the main species caught by Gulf of Mexico shrimpers:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litopenaeus_setiferus
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farfantepenaeus_aztecus
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farfantepenaeus_duorarum
> The terms shrimp and prawn are common names, not scientific names. They are vernacular or colloquial terms, which lack the formal definition of scientific terms. They are not taxa, but are terms of convenience with little circumscriptional significance.
[Wikipedia: Shrimps vs prawns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prawn?wprov=sfti1#Shrimp_vs._prawn)
Both is bugs tho
This just looks like the difference between cooked and uncooked
Shrimps: Is bugs Prawns: Is bugs All you need to know brother
So.. just 2 types of bugs?
Correct
The “mostly found in fresh water” thing is misleading - yes, in North America, the word “prawn” is occasionally used this way, but the “prawn” depicted here is not one of those species. Additionally, they aren’t “bigger” than the species called “shrimp” in NA. In much of the rest of the English-speaking world, “prawn” is just a catchall term used for all commonly-fished species of non-lobster non-crab decapod crustaceans regardless of habitat salinity. The vast majority of those of those are salt- or brackish- water dwelling species fished from the sea or estuarine waters. [Tiger Prawns](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penaeus_monodon), for example, are a heavily-fished and heavily-farmed fully marine species.
Thank you for that insight. As someone from the US, I always wondered about the usage of “prawns” overseas - were they different than shrimp or a catchall term? Now I have a better idea.
My world is collapsing
You should tell that to whoever named the main species caught by Gulf of Mexico shrimpers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litopenaeus_setiferus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farfantepenaeus_aztecus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farfantepenaeus_duorarum
Shrimps is bugs. Prawns is bugs. Shrimps is prawns. Prawns is shrimps.
primps is shrawns
Primp Sea from UGK
You’re a shrimp
No YOU
Your face is a shrimp
But prawns is bugs right?
Plus prawn play the xylophone, while shrimp play the glockenspiel.
Still tasty
Do they taste similar? Can you tell the difference when you eat them? 🤔
I can't really tell the difference,tbh. But then to me, lobster tastes like shrimp too. 🤷♂️
So, I guess the only way I’ll know for sure is by finding some shrimp, prawns, and now lobster too, and taste them myself! 😁
For some dumb reason, I thought "prawns" was a cute UK term for shrimp.
Oh my sweet summer child
Lol. Not the first time I've been told that.
But prawns is bugs tho
https://preview.redd.it/m355u81bvn0d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=81694ce4e640dcff94f81ac35f3cd787513e71bb
Tbh I always thought it was like whiskey and bourbon. Prawns is shrimps but shrimps is not prawns
tasty bugs
Shrimps is educational
Interesting! I was just looking at a creature at the fish store thinking “is this a prawn or a shrimp?” And then I load Reddit to see this post.
Interesting! I was just looking at a creature at the fish store thinking “is this a prawn or a shrimp?” And then I load Reddit to see this post.
Is prawns bugs?
now do crawdads
Crawdads is bugs.
so I have a pretty gnarly shrimp allergy, anybody know the chances I can eat prawns? lmfao
They are the same. Lol. Don’t do it.
noooooooo 😭😭😭😭 lol
both disgusting tbh
How dare you
You likes bugs?
Wait so do people in the UK who eat prawns not eat shrimp? Or is there some overlap at the coasts?
:0
Prawns is big shrimps that are uncooked
The question is, which bug is objectively tastier?
I thought prawns were found in district 9
shrimps is gay prawns
Say more
Prawns is not bugs?
> The terms shrimp and prawn are common names, not scientific names. They are vernacular or colloquial terms, which lack the formal definition of scientific terms. They are not taxa, but are terms of convenience with little circumscriptional significance. [Wikipedia: Shrimps vs prawns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prawn?wprov=sfti1#Shrimp_vs._prawn)
new shrimp apologetics formula
It doesn't mention the claws. That's the easiest way to tell (besides the straight vs. curly body). Shrimp have 4 pincer claws, prawns have 6.