



"Looking at these photos you would think they were either fake of from some Far East country, not Fort Pierce Florida!

Who you calling a ‘shrimp’?

Steve Bargeron was fishing from a dock in Fort Pierce as he watched a fellow fisherman pull this creature out of the water. Steve said the massive thing was about 18 inches long and striking its own tail, so he grabbed it by its back like a lobster. Scientists think it may be some type of mantis shrimp (which are actually not related to shrimp, but are a type of crustacean called a stomatopod), and continue to review the photos to identify the exact species. Have you ever been shocked to find something strange on the end of your line? "Fish tales" and photos welcome!"















Crazy to me that people are now catching these shrimp and they don't know what species it is. Funny because we have had so many natural disasters recently and we still have people who stick their head in the sand about climate change. Now we have these huge mantis shrimp starting to appear in Florida... Could it also be related to climate change and the warming and decreased salinity of the oceans? Anyone else caught any of these unknown species of mantis shrimp? Taken from a post on the FWC Facebook page."Looking at these photos you would think they were either fake of from some Far East country, not Fort Pierce Florida!Who you calling a ‘shrimp’?Steve Bargeron was fishing from a dock in Fort Pierce as he watched a fellow fisherman pull this creature out of the water. Steve said the massive thing was about 18 inches long and striking its own tail, so he grabbed it by its back like a lobster. Scientists think it may be some type of mantis shrimp (which are actually not related to shrimp, but are a type of crustacean called a stomatopod), and continue to review the photos to identify the exact species. Have you ever been shocked to find something strange on the end of your line? "Fish tales" and photos welcome!"Crazy to me that people are now catching these shrimp and they don't know what species it is. Funny because we have had so many natural disasters recently and we still have people who stick their head in the sand about climate change. Now we have these huge mantis shrimp starting to appear in Florida... Could it also be related to climate change and the warming and decreased salinity of the oceans?