Mantis shrimp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mantis shrimp or stomatopods are marine crustaceans, the members of the order Stomatopoda . They are neither shrimp nor mantids, but receive their name purely from the physical resemblance to bot...
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Alpheidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alpheidae is a family of caridean snapping shrimp characterized by having asymmetrical claws, the larger of which is typically capable of producing a loud snapping sound. Other common names of thes...
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It isn't muscle power alone. ... In fact, the mantis shrimp needs 470,000 watts of power per kilogram of muscle to break standard aquarium glass; orders of magnitude higher than the fastest-moving muscles can deliver. The creature's weapon needs much energy delivered fast...
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Called "sea locusts" by ancient Assyrians, and now sometimes referred to as "thumb splitters" by modern divers - because of the relative ease the creature has in mutilating small appendages - mantis shrimp sport powerful claws, formed like jackknives, that they use to attack and kill prey by spearing,
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Mantis shrimps are highly aggressive crustaceans that capture prey using large, raptorial claws much like that of a praying mantis. ... There are two main types of mantis shrimp: 'spearers' and 'smashers'. Both types strike by rapidly unfolding and swinging the raptorial claw at the prey. 'Spearers' have a claw lined...
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They have appropriately given them the name "thumb-splitters" because the mantis shrimp's sharp claws will inflict severe cuts if handled with bare hands.
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the crab has broken claws, not fair, bitch... fuck you mantis ... the best mantis shrimp video i've ever seen ... Holding a huge mantis shrimp...
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The efficiency of their weapons is such that these mantis shrimps frequently tackle and subdue armored crabs larger than themselves, using the appendages to break the animals' claws, legs, and carapace, before dragging the battered remains to their burrows for leisurely consumption.
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www.blueboard.com/mantis/intro/what.htm
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Of course, thumbs are not the only thing that mantis shrimp will slice with their vicious claws. Mantis shrimp are highly predatory, and can decimate populations of fish and invertebrates. They lay in wait, like our praying mantises on land, and simply lash out at whatever prey is near.
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