- >>Is there anyone who knows if there is any calcium in shrimp shells? the shell is constitued of a protein . don't remember the name of the amino acid that is also in the shell of insects . This amino acid ,i have been told by a researcher on insect eating is found mainly if not only in the shell of insects and crustaceans. >>I seldom eat shrimps, but when I do I often eat the whole shrimp. >>At the coast of the African country Camerun they eat shrimps a lot, >>and they eat them whole. Actually "camerun" means shrimp in one of >>the 900 languages of Camerun. Once dried whole the shell become very much edible melting in the mouth . fresh it is quite chewy and elastic.. soon (begining of november ) i will dry a lot . write me if you want some jean-claude.