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How does a shrimp swim?

Updated: 10/6/2023

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∙ 14y ago

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Yes, shrimps do swim backwards because they don't have fins to move in the water so they pull in their abdomen towards their body quickly. doing this propels them through the water but they are moving backwards.

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∙ 13y ago

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∙ 9y ago

Unlike fish, shrimp do not have fins that enable them to swim. A shrimp swims by pulling its abdomen toward its body.

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∙ 15y ago

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∙ 12y ago

They swim "upside-down" (on their back) and feed by filtering organic particles from the water or by scraping algae from surfaces.

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∙ 14y ago

Shrimp swim backwards by pulling their abdomen in toward its body. This motion shoots them through the water.

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∙ 15y ago

they swim!!!

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∙ 11y ago

with there fins and legs

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