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Mantis Shrimp
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Eyes

The mantis shrimp is a pretty unknown, yet fascinating creature. They have the most complex sight system on the planet. Their 16 photo receptors can see polarized light and UV light. They use this polarized light to find and attack prey with their extremely powerful, club like fists. The mantis shrimp has five</range id="494290726_2"> rows of modified ommatidia. Their eyes have tiny hairs on the last to rows. Even though their eyes are complex, they can <range type="comment" id="494290726_3">only see in one direction</range id="494290726_3">. The mantis shrimp can see at least ten times more colors than a human can. These underwater creatures enjoy <range type="comment" id="493777304_4"><range type="comment" id="494290726_4">darkly </range id="494290726_4">lit water </range id="493777304_4">for visual stimulation, such as seeing multiple shades to excite their frontal cortex.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Fists <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The mantis shrimp has incredible fists. They can be just as powerful as a<range type="comment" id="493777304_5"> <range type="comment" id="494290726_5">Nerf N strike elite bullet</range id="494290726_5">. </range id="493777304_5">Their fists can destroy almost every other exoskeleton. The mantis shrimp's fists can survive <range type="comment" id="494290726_6">50,00</range id="494290726_6"> aggressive strikes without breaking. To enhance their punching power, they open minuscule pores to absorb the shock. When the mantis shrimp punches, their limbs create pockets of air in the water. Their strikes are 50 times faster than the blink of a human eye, and can break glass. Surprisingly, minerals from their fists, can be found in our bones! The most amazing part, is that the mantis shrimps<range type="comment" id="493777304_6"> punches</range id="493777304_6"> so hard with their club like claws, that it generates a mini explosion of heat, sound, and even light.



<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The mantis shrimp's " <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.349998474121094px;">Armour <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">" is being used to create military vehicles and <range type="comment" id="494290726_7">showers</range id="494290726_7">. Their legs and fists spring outward to club the prey. These club-like fists strike with more power than a car going 50 miles per hour, but the mantis shrimps punch occurs in only milliseconds.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Physical Appearance

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The mantis shrimp is extremely colorful. It is also known as the peacock mantis shrimp because of its vibrant colors. The mantis shrimp can darken its<range type="comment" id="493777304_8"> exoskeleto</range id="493777304_8">n, or outer shell, from its original colors, and conceal the neon shades. Also, these colors are used to show off to other mantis shrimp.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Behavior <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Male mantis shrimps perform dances to attract females. They live in either coral, crevices, or bob up to the surface at times. Mantis shrimps are <range type="comment" id="494290726_8">very kind to other mantis shrimps</range id="494290726_8">. They live in open grottoes, and <range type="comment" id="494290726_9">love to share their burrows</range id="494290726_9">!

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Extras <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The mantis shrimp species is 500 million years old, and are related to 400 other species of mantis shrimps. They can distinguish f<range type="comment" id="493777304_10">resh prey, and processed frozen prey by using their ability to see polarized light. </range id="493777304_10">

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