12-03-2017, 08:50 AM
That was a good spot by JKP on the legs. Wouldn't have occurred to me in a million years!
Just to join in the crustacean fun, shrimp have legs coming out of the abdomen and also have long antenna out the front, like the Voynich.
Of course, they don't have pincers but maxilliopods and pereopods*..... But maybe the scribe was used to eating shrimp and was simply inspired by subliminal memories of the little chaps. And didn't notice prawns have 8 pairs but crayfish only 5.
* Yes I looked those terms up
Just to join in the crustacean fun, shrimp have legs coming out of the abdomen and also have long antenna out the front, like the Voynich.
Of course, they don't have pincers but maxilliopods and pereopods*..... But maybe the scribe was used to eating shrimp and was simply inspired by subliminal memories of the little chaps. And didn't notice prawns have 8 pairs but crayfish only 5.
* Yes I looked those terms up