Eating shrimps with shell on?

I normally eat my shrimp without the shell , tail on so its easier for me to swallow.

I just wanted to know if its "Safe" to eat shrimps or crawfish with shells on?

 

it's just crunchy lol

 

thats disgusting. its like eating an orange w/out peeling the skin off first

 

Actually there is nothing wrong with it. Depending on how you make them if you fry them its ik but if you boil them good luck with that one. There is also something in shrimp shells that help you fight obesity and high cholesterol called chitosen.

 

I tend to have fried ones with batter so the shell doesn't come into the equation, but on the times where i've eaten boiled ones I do take the shell off.

 

When I was in Florida I had shrimp lots of times, I generally took the shells off and ate them. I had shrimp again in the UK but alas its just not the same.