Anglers are generally accustomed to the unexpected, but when Steve Bargeron saw a fellow fisherman pull a massive 18-inch "shrimp" out of the water, he forgot all about fishing. The event happened recently in a dock near Fort Pierce, Florida, a popular spot for deep sea fishing. Bargeron later sent in photographs of the crustacean to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), where biologists are trying to narrow down the specific species of the shrimp. The popular consensus is that the large crustacean is actually some kind of overgrown mantis shrimp. "Steve said the...
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