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xoxoxoBruce

10-01-2010 12:53 AM

Oct 1, 2010: Shrimp DeJour

Behold the Peacock Mantis Shrimp, like something Disney animators would dream up... on acid.
He looks like a Harlequin clown of the sea, but he's really a killer clown from the deep.

http://cellar.org/2010/mantis.jpg

He esentially bludgeons his prey to pieces, to eat their bloody pulp.

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Looks sure are deceiving here because this guy is what's known as a smasher, with club shaped raptorial appendages that it uses to repeatedly smash its prey until it can gain access to the soft tissue for consumption.
It is reported to have a "punch" of over 50mph. The fastest punch of any living animal.

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casimendocina

10-01-2010 07:33 AM

It looks like two creatures (sort of like when one person sits on another person's shoulders so you see the legs of one and the head of the other).

jinx	10-01-2010 08:03 AM

Aside form smashing things, they can see circular polarized light and 100,000 colors. Lots of articles about their eyes/vision in Wired...

monster

10-01-2010 08:12 AM

I don't eat shellfish :( But he sure is purdy. I'd keep one as a pet and give him creatures to smash. I'd call him Archibald.

xoxoxoBruce

10-01-2010 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by jinx (Post 685953)

Aside form smashing things, they can see circular polarized light and 100,000 colors. Lots of articles about their eyes/vision in Wired...

Like Mike Tyson with X-ray vision glasses. :haha:

classicman

10-01-2010 10:08 AM

He's purty ...

BigV	10-01-2010 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by xoB

Behold the Peacock Mantis Shrimp, like something Disney animators would dream up... on acid. He looks like a Harlequin clown of the sea, but he's really a killer clown from the deep.

Gaudy displays like this are Mother Nature's way of saying "Bring it, motherfucker!"

Flint

10-01-2010 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV (Post 685987)

Gaudy displays like this are Mother Nature's way of saying "Bring it, motherfucker!"

lol ... oooooo what are these pretty colors over here? BAM! ::: dead :::

Gravdigr

10-01-2010 01:17 PM

He looks like a pimp.

A shrimp pimp?

ETA: lmao @ "Bring it, motherfucker!"

Trilby

10-01-2010 02:28 PM

I wouldn't have allowed in on the ark.

Happy Monkey

10-01-2010 03:12 PM

It would have punched you at 50mph, and then laughed, and went back to the bottom of the sea anyway.

Flint

10-01-2010 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey (Post 686053)

It would have punched you at 50mph, and then laughed, and went back to the bottom of the sea anyway.

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? ... Spongebob! Squarepants!
Who punches you in the face at 50 mph? ... Uhhh, I don't even ???

This guy! BAM! ::: dead :::

BigV	10-01-2010 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 686014)

He looks like a pimp.

A shrimp pimp?

ETA: lmao @ "Bring it, motherfucker!"

"I am not a shrimp! I am a King Prawn!"

spudcon

10-01-2010 07:05 PM

BigV, I think you nailed it. I'm alergic to shrimp, so I say, step on it.

SPUCK

10-02-2010 05:49 AM

Looks like a trailer trash couch.

spudcon

10-02-2010 07:32 AM

OK, now Spuck is the winner.

Cloud

10-02-2010 10:28 AM

oh, god. The "king prawn" makes me lmao every time!

I love, love, love that movie! (Muppets from Outer Space)

Leah	10-05-2010 07:08 PM

This little guy missed his part in Finding Nemo. He would have been great in that movie. Bummer.:cool:

casimendocina

10-06-2010 08:01 AM

No reason why he can't be in the sequel.

xoxoxoBruce

10-06-2010 09:38 AM

There is a reason, he'd punch and eat the whole cast and crew.:eek:

casimendocina

10-06-2010 06:13 PM

Put him in a contained area, chuck 'dispensables' in with him, get it on film and it would be the perfect action movie.

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