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Shrimp

Period: Jurassic
Age: 150 million years

Region: Germany

The fact that a fossil of a living thing that existed 150 million years ago can be preserved so per-
fectly, and that as a result we have the possibility of observing every detail in its body, has de-
alt a severe blow to the theory of evolution. The anatomy of the shrimp in the picture, that lived
150 million years ago, the legs emerging from its body and the structure of its head, can all be se-
en quite clearly. Shrimps have survived completely unchanged for 150 million years and clearly

show that Darwinists, who maintain that living things are in a constant state of change from the
supposedly primitive to the more advanced, are not telling the truth.
The shrimp lives in European seas and the shores of North America, and belongs to the crusta-
cean class. It has a cylindrical body and long antennae. It is covered in armor made of calcium

carbonate. Its body is jointed. It swims backward by waving its fin-like tail. Its tail is pronoun-
ced and resembles a fan in appearance. Its two pairs of antennae are very long and forked. At le-
ast one of these forks curves backward, enabling the shrimp to edge backward into cracks and
crevices and warning it of danger approaching from behind. The shrimp’s most distinctive acti-
on in the face of danger is to seek to protect itself by a sudden bending of the body. It can adapt
its body color to blend in with its surroundings. Some species have large claws and feed on small
fish, while others scavenge on food particles among the sand. Some of these species have brush-

like hairs on their claws to help them gather up food particles.

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