‘Opossum Shrimps’

Shrimps – a nutritional perspective

This article presents the nutritional value of shrimp on the strength of its nutrient composition and daily value (DV%). With its relatively lower lipid content (~ 1%), the DV (%) of 100 g shrimp for an adult human is 75%, 70% and 35% for eicosapentanoic acid + docosahexanoic acid, essential amino acids (methionine, tryptophan and lysine) and protein respectively. The lower atherogenic (0.36) a...

Dynamic polarization vision in mantis shrimps

Gaze stabilization is an almost ubiquitous animal behaviour, one that is required to see the world clearly and without blur. Stomatopods, however, only fix their eyes on scenes or objects of interest occasionally. Almost uniquely among animals they explore their visual environment with a series pitch, yaw and torsional (roll) rotations of their eyes, where each eye may also move largely indepen...

Lipid profile and nutritional evaluation of shrimps

The aim of this review is to present the shrimps (wild and cultured) lipid composition (focusing on the presence of lipid classes commonly found in shrimps) and carotenoids, as well as the PUFA/SFA, ω-3/ω-6 and EPA/DHA fatty acid ratios, in order to evaluate their fat nutritional value. Furthermore, certain aspects of the structures of natural phospholipids in the above mentioned organisms will...

Habitat Use and Movements of the Opossum

The habitat use and movements of a population of Australian, brush-tailed opossums. Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr), were studied by live-trapping, spotlighting and radiotelemetry in a mixed pasture, bush and scrub habitat on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. Resident opossums had distinct ranges that for some animals varied in position and size and, for all. varied in intensity of use of habitat type...

Ketal Membranes of Opossum and Other Marsupials