to thrive in the ocean. In this paper, I will compare the instinctive snapping shrimp to my small stature as a defender of the United States Air Force. The Snapping Shrimp possesses several names; Symbiosis Shrimp, Pistol Shrimp, Alpheid Shrimp, Alpheidae, and Alpheus heterochaelis. Those are only a few to name. With over 600 species in its family, the shrimps commonly dwell in tropical waters similar to the Mediterranean Sea and the tropical oceans of the Caribbean. The shrimp can be found mostly