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  • Mantis shrimps have the most advanced eyesight in the animal kingdom, with a large depth of focus and the ability to detect infrared, ultraviolet and even polarized light. This may allow them to communicate with each other without attracting predators, and helps to handle their devastating weapons.
  • Mantis shrimp are long-lived and exhibit complex behavior, such as ritualized fighting. Some species use fluorescent patterns on their bodies for signaling with their own and maybe even other species, expanding their range of behavioral signals.
  • A female mantis shrimp carefully protecting a ball of eggs. The female carries the eggs with her and does not feed until they've hatched.
  • Mantis shrimps have the most advanced eyesight in the animal kingdom, with a large depth of focus and the ability to detect infrared, ultraviolet and even polarized light. This may allow them to communicate with each other without attracting predators, and helps to handle their devastating weapons.
  • These aggressive and typically solitary sea creatures spend most of their time hiding in rock formations or burrowing intricate passageways in the sea-bed. They either wait for prey to chance upon them or, unlike most crustaceans, actually hunt, chase and kill living prey.
  • A Ninja Shrimp attacks an unexpecting crab with one of its deadly weapons. By moving through the water so quickly, the appendage generates 'cavitation' - vapor bubbles that form in the water and then collapse to release a massive burst of energy. This shockwave can help to stun the mantis shrimp's prey, but it also wears the hammer away.
  • Sheila Patek studies the biomechanics of the shrimp's strike at a facility in Amherst Massachusetts. Sheila's team have discovered that the source of this pulverizing power lies in a tough strip of exoskeleton that snaps down like a metal ruler and a saddle sharped structure that spreads the force as the system is wound up for a strike.
  • Wildlife filmmaker Natali Tesche-Ricciardi is on the trail of a sharp shooting inhabitant of our coral reefs - the record breaking, thumb splitting mantis shrimp. Natali and Klaus search the coral areas for Mantis Shrimp.
  • Mantis shrimps have the most advanced eyesight in the animal kingdom, with a large depth of focus and the ability to detect infrared, ultraviolet and even polarized light. This may allow them to communicate with each other without attracting predators, and helps to handle their devastating weapons.

  • Hiding Out

    Photograph by Tesche Docu Films

    Mantis shrimps have the most advanced eyesight in the animal kingdom, with a large depth of focus and the ability to detect infrared, ultraviolet and even polarized light. This may allow them to communicate with each other without attracting predators, and helps to handle their devastating weapons.

  • Killer Shrimp

    Photograph by Tesche Docu Films

    Mantis shrimp are long-lived and exhibit complex behavior, such as ritualized fighting. Some species use fluorescent patterns on their bodies for signaling with their own and maybe even other species, expanding their range of behavioral signals.

  • Protective Mother

    Photograph by Tesche Docu Films

    A female mantis shrimp carefully protecting a ball of eggs. The female carries the eggs with her and does not feed until they've hatched.

  • Stealthy Communication

    Photograph by Tesche Docu Films

    Mantis shrimps have the most advanced eyesight in the animal kingdom, with a large depth of focus and the ability to detect infrared, ultraviolet and even polarized light. This may allow them to communicate with each other without attracting predators, and helps to handle their devastating weapons.

  • Solitary Sea Creature

    Photograph by Tesche Docu Films

    These aggressive and typically solitary sea creatures spend most of their time hiding in rock formations or burrowing intricate passageways in the sea-bed. They either wait for prey to chance upon them or, unlike most crustaceans, actually hunt, chase and kill living prey.

  • Ninja Shrimp

    Photograph by Tesche Docu Films

    A Ninja Shrimp attacks an unexpecting crab with one of its deadly weapons. By moving through the water so quickly, the appendage generates 'cavitation' - vapor bubbles that form in the water and then collapse to release a massive burst of energy. This shockwave can help to stun the mantis shrimp's prey, but it also wears the hammer away.

  • Shrimp Study

    Photograph by Parthenon Entertainment LTD

    Sheila Patek studies the biomechanics of the shrimp's strike at a facility in Amherst Massachusetts. Sheila's team have discovered that the source of this pulverizing power lies in a tough strip of exoskeleton that snaps down like a metal ruler and a saddle sharped structure that spreads the force as the system is wound up for a strike.

  • Searching For Shrimp

    Photograph by Tesche Docu Films

    Wildlife filmmaker Natali Tesche-Ricciardi is on the trail of a sharp shooting inhabitant of our coral reefs - the record breaking, thumb splitting mantis shrimp. Natali and Klaus search the coral areas for Mantis Shrimp.

  • A Killer Eye

    Photograph by Tesche Docu Films

    Mantis shrimps have the most advanced eyesight in the animal kingdom, with a large depth of focus and the ability to detect infrared, ultraviolet and even polarized light. This may allow them to communicate with each other without attracting predators, and helps to handle their devastating weapons.
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Jackie Valenti
Jackie Valenti

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