Your biology for today includes a new, up close and personal look at the infamous predator known as the mantis shrimp. There is one hidden among all those donuts, and you’ll soon see why.
I don’t know if it can really see all the extra colors mentioned, but a rotating 3-pupil eyeball is probably an enormous asset in the world of octopus-eats-shrimp. Two are even better. I have a 144 count box of Crayola crayons that I have fun with on a regular basis. Much less expensive than a graphics tablet, and sidewalk chalk is also fun. You can create something that will convince people they’re about to step into a giant pothole with a fire at the bottom.
So here you go. Watch out for those punching pinchers. I hear they can break glass. Maybe they could be hired for underwater attacks on enemy subs. Just don’t insult this psychotic little basterd. And don’t make remarks about his choice of shell style.
That is one freaky looking little fella. Did some reading after watching the video and their eyes are quite interesting.
Some day I’ll write that sci-fi novel I’ve got kicking around in my head. I like to keep little tidbits like these eyes filed away, because I want my aliens to be totally and completely alien. Tri-segmented eyes, movable independently, and sensitive to wide ranges of the EM spectrum.
Someday is usually the first day of the week. Moonsday is the next one.
Where ever did you find that link, Ex?
*grin*
Oh, someone forwarded the psychotic little bug’s video link to me. No idea who, of course.
Now I’ve watched videos about dragonflies and about the bolus spider.
This is how science should be taught. Anything that makes you fall down laughing, you’ll remember.
Mantis Shrimp —Pffft.
I’ve been told that just one well-aimed shot from a M41AE2 Heavy Pulse Rifle is all that’s needed to take them out./smile
These true facts videos are the best.
This was one of the first I ever saw and it still puts my in uncontrollable giggle fits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k01DIVDJlY
Oh, jeez, that was kick-in-the-gut funny.
Am I really supposed to believe that–uh–process was a product of evolution? What sort of environmental influences produce THAT?
I’ll sit here and pray that the mantis won’t grow due to atom bomb testing and wreck havoc and then end up buying the farm inside the Mid town tunnel or the Holland Tunnel.
Cue up Blue Oyster Cult “Godzilla”
Sometimes it feels like you can’t get enough true facts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st8-EY71K84
Thursday already? Grilled shrimps, sauteed octopi, smoked duck, and donuts for dessert.
Sounds good to me.
This really doesn’t do justice to how lethal the Mantis Shrimp’s “club” is. I can pretty much crack open any type of shell in the ocean.
Imagine a Human with a middle finger with the end like a titanium golf ball that could ” Flick” you in the chest and shatter every rib, fracture your sternum, collapse your lungs and stop your heart.