On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:01:30 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 10:43:56 AM UTC-5, wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:25:22 +0000, Mike_Duffy >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:39:29 -0600,
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> THEY LIVE IN THE FREAKIN WATER SO THEY ARE FISH.
>> >
>> >Yelling & repetition does not win the argument.
>> >
>> >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish . Line #1 is:
>> >
>> >Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.
>> >
>> >Shrimp have no cranium nor spinal column.
>> >
>> >
>> >> FISH breathe through the water. Guess what...so do shrimp.
>> >
>> >Guess what. So do coral polyps, sea urchins, flukes, octopii, and sponges.
>> >But none of these have craniums. They are not fish.
>> >
>> >As others have pointed out, these facts are generally taught at primary
>> >school level. You are digging yourself deeper & deeper into a deparate rut
>> >of willful ignorance.
>>
>>
>> well you have come up with the best and most complete defense,
>> although my words still apply. Live in water, breathe through the
>> water (gills) then they are fish. this includes corals and clams and
>> octopi and jellyfish and yes shrimp.
>
>Then you disagree with every icthyologist in the world.
>They're right and you are simply wrong.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fish