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A TOUGH SHIELD WE CALL THE CARAPACE. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY THE 
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JOINTED ABDOMEN . AT THE CAUDAL END IS THE PADDLE-LIKE STRUCTURE 
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USED IN SWIMMING- CALLED THE TAIL FAN. 
THE HARDEST PART OF A BURROWING SHRIMP IS THE HEAD. YOU 
KNOW WITHOUT MY TELLING YOU HOW HARD THESE SHELLBACKS 1 HEADS 
ARE. THE CARAPACE OF A BURROWING SHRIMP PROTECTS HIS VITAL 
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ORGANS AND HEART, AND ANY JITTERY POLLYWOG CAN TELL YOU HOW 
DEEP UNDER A TOUGHER HIDE THAN A CARAPACE A SHELLBACK ' 1 S HEART 
IS. BURIED. TO ALL APPEALS FOR MERCY. 
THE SHRIMP ABDOMEN. IS JOINTED AS I HAVE TOLD YOU*- WHEN IT 
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COMES TO FOOD CAPACITY I AM SURE YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT 
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SHELLBACKS ’ ABDOMEN MUST BE JOINTED YEA DOUBLE JOINTED. 
I HAVE ALSO POINTED OUT TO YOU THAT THE CAUDAL END OF A SHRIM 
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IS HIS TAIL FAN; THERE MUST BE SOME KINSHIP IN ‘ THE FACT THAT WOU 
CAN ALWAYS FIND ONE OR MORE SHELLBACKS ABOARD THIS SHIP 'BACK 
ON THE .FAN-TAIL.-. - - 
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... .A BURROWING SHRIMP IT. WILL. BE- ADMITTED- • BY- ALL } IS A CRUSTA- 
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CEAN AND SO RELATED TO THE SHRIMPS AND CRABS. .. ..JUST LOOK. AROUND 
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HERE AT THESE ASSEMBLED SHELLBACKS -- SOME MAY BE SHRIMPS, .BUT 
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THERE CERTAINLY PLENTY OF THEM CRABS. HENCE A SHELLBACK MUST 
BE A CRUSTACEAN AND THEREFORE RELATED TO A BURROWING SHRIMP. 
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