>>32894178>the shrimp's shape looks nothing like shaymin'sShrimps both have long noses, black eyes, white underbellies sometimes. Shaymin has no quills so it's not very hedgehog-like in that regard, and as mentioned before shrimp can grow plants on their exoskeletons. Yeah, you might say Shaymin looks a bit closer to a hedgehog, but it can't realistically be a hedgehog for the above reasons. Making Shaymin a shrimp allows the artist to create a more realistic depiction of Shaymin while keeping all its iconic traits.