Peacock mantis shrimp have the most complex visual system

Mar 15, 2019 10:25 PM

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Peacock mantis shrimp have the most complex visual system.

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Now imagine 12 different colors that you can’t even imagine. That is how the mantis shrimp do.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Like the modern clown, the Mantis Shrimp has a psychopathic killer instinct.

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

And they will either skewer you or punch you like Captain Falcon.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Wtf, 3 posts on the front page with a shameless shitty advertisement.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Most complicated compound eyes since the trilobites.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What the shrimps can see

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Looks delicious.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

No one defeats the Uchia clan.

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

they ALSO SHOOT LASERS! im actually for the most part not joking. they hunt using a claw that can create heat greater than the sun!

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Looks kinda fey to me.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

@OP https://youtu.be/F5FEj9U-CJM

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Ahahahahah

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 3

Fuck your Discord!

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yeah they probably don’t. They have more cones but they’re not for color detection. More likely it’s for processing everything quickly.

7 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I'm so shiny

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yessss! I think Tamatoa is a different animal but this was my first thought too!

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

He is but... Meh

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

But they may not be able to perceive more than we do - radio lab did a thing on it, it's pretty interesting

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp

7 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

How is this not at the very top?!?

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This comic is where I first heard of the mantis shrimp and it became my favorite animal.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Are you speaking literally or figuratively?

7 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Each of its eyes has 3 independently moving pupils giving it double trinoculor vision. It can see 12 color wavelengths compared to our 3 1/2

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Meaning that it sees in triple the depth of field as we can and 9 colors we cannot even imagine

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

"1, 2, 3, DEATH!!!!"

7 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Pretty much.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It is Ghengis Khan bathed in sherbert ice cream... the harbinger of blood soaked rainbows!

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Glad someone said it!

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They have trinocular vision, see into both infrared and ultraviolet, and can see over 13 base colours, humans have 3 for reference. They see

7 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 2

Thanks, I couldn't cemceptualize their range of vision, until now.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

2/ so many colours we don't even have names for.

7 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 2

But their brain is too small to process all the information they get.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

"Imagine a color you can't even imagine" - zefrank1

7 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

“That is how a mantis shrimp do”

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Probably not: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/343/6169/411

7 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

If true, that is a little dissapointing.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You're welcome https://youtu.be/F5FEj9U-CJM

7 years ago | Likes 115 Dislikes 5

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7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yasss Haha im so glad someone commented this link. Everytime I see a mantis shrimp I think if this video. +1 good sir

7 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

That's great

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

"That is how the ____ do" has been in vocabulary for years.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That was

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

"That's some Mortal Kombat finishing move shit."

7 years ago | Likes 40 Dislikes 0

So funny, had to subscribe

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I was totally going to link this. I live this guys animal fact segments

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

But do you like them?

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yes! I'm so glad he's back.

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I'm assuming this is the link to zefrank1's video?

7 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 0

Indeed it is

7 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Every time I see anything about a mantis shrimp I think of this lmao

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

for some reason, to me, that narrative voice is as discomforting as scratching nails on slate

7 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 6

He sounds like Agent Smith after a tab of acid and a couple of cocktails.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

It's an uncannily close Morgan Freeman but you can hear it's not right.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

How many times would he have to slap a chicken breast to cook it?

7 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

At least two times.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

He just looks in it's general direction.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Were these the assholes that break Aquariam glass?

7 years ago | Likes 92 Dislikes 2

They require special consideration trying to contain them, like a buffer shatter proof sheet of plastic not touching the aquarium glass

7 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

one of the assholes that do.

7 years ago | Likes 37 Dislikes 0

Googled their eyes and found a neat graphic. http://aqua.org/-/media/Images/content/mantisshrimp_infographic_final.jpg

7 years ago | Likes 209 Dislikes 4

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Best infographic about it I've never seen https://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp

7 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Look up the thing The Oatmeal did on them, that's real good.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Was really hoping this would be a picture of Steve buscemi

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Wow... that's amazing. Thanks!

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

too bad it's crap writing

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Is it a pocket of air or a vacuum?

7 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Its neither. Read my response to the other comment if you like.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Vacuum

7 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

Nope, It's actually a pocket of "steam" vapor. It's caused by the pressure dropping a point that liquid water boils into a vapor....

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

...after the pressure normalizes, the steam vapor "bubble"(not air) collapses. The energy is immense and creates a shockwave....

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

We have to design hydronic systems for buildings to avoid cavitation...the shockwave can create holes in 1/8" steel guide vanes of pumps.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Was about to respond that it's a vacuum not air. If it was air it wouldn't collapse

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

It's not technically a vacuum. Its actually a bubble of "steam" vapor caused by a pressure drop below the vapor pressure of water.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

They see 9 million more colors than we do.

7 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 3

No, they see the same colors we do but with a much, much simpler system.

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

i see that there username bud

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

But you haven't read my bio, so it doesn't matter.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

yeah but they see way more color because instead of the 3 color cones humans have they’re estimated to have around 15 or 16.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Colours are infinite. They see a larger spectrum.

7 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

They can also punch so fast that they can shatter your hand if you get too close. lovely

7 years ago | Likes 152 Dislikes 9

As fast as a 22-caliber bullet

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Needs a banana for scale...

7 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

These guys get super vision and a falcon punch. Now look at a panda and tell me evolution is fair

7 years ago | Likes 84 Dislikes 0

Hey hey, don't go doing the mantis shrimp a disservice now... they also have armour so strong scientists are studying it for use in war.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Isn’t evolution the very definition of unfair?

7 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

I looked at a panda and want to tell you evolution is fair. (Did that work for you?)

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Or a kiwi bird. those poor things seem like they struggle on easy mode

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They have the fastest punch in the world. They actually create cavitation bubble! They can kill their prey with a single punch!

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I thought that was their cousin, the pistol shrimp? except with snapping instead of punching. although PMS still punches the hardest

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

They are both clown shrimp, they come in 2 variants, the sizzor and the hammer

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

One punch shrimp!

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

yeahhh no. at most it can leave u with a nice bruise. maybe hairline fracture if it hit the tip of your finger...

7 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

Its gonna leave blisters at least. They 'punch' with the velocity of a .22 bullet

7 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 4

So? They punch at 50mph. Spread the kinetic energy of such a lightweight bullet over the width of a shrimp claw and it won't even break skin

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Yeah but a mantis shrimp isn't the size of that shrimp you ate last. It's much bigger.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Which in turn increases the impact area distributing the force more

7 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Ejaculate will leave a penis at roughly the same rate of travel as a city bus, about 28 miles per hour. how u process this info is up to you

7 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Well if your nut can break glass, I'd honestly like to see that out of scientific curiosity.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

The information wasn't very effective.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

These guys will fuck you up.

7 years ago | Likes 580 Dislikes 8

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7 years ago (deleted Oct 21, 2024 11:52 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

I mean, besides the part where it bitch-smacked the cube for not being food, that's fake as fuuuuuuuck. It's a goddamn hand puppet lol

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

No they confirmed it's a real shrimp. They took the cube out and progressed it for each shot, however.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You want to get bitten by a Peacock mantis shrimp? This is how you get bitten by a Peacock mantis shrimp.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

How so? They look blind..

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The Oatmeal https://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp ONETWOTHREE Death!

7 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

I really enjoyed this, thank you!

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Thanks. Now I have to eat one.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

More like, these guys will look you up.

7 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Fuck you up these guys will.

7 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 5

@gmoney88 https://youtu.be/F5FEj9U-CJM

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I don't know... I reckon I could punt one of these pretty fucking far if it came to it

7 years ago | Likes 42 Dislikes 3

Little-known fact, humans are the best punters in the animal kingdom.

7 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

orcas punt seals pretty far, but what do I know.

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yeah but hed break your toe on the way out.

7 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

They have sexnocular vision.

7 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Dirty science

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

And where can one purchase these sexnoculars? Asking for a friend....

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They can strike at speeds up to 52 mph and so hard/fast that they basically create pockets of boiling water when they do

7 years ago | Likes 72 Dislikes 1

They create visible explosions with their punch.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Underwater?? Damn! Hardcore heads I guess..

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

How many peacock mantis shrimp would it take to cook a chicken

7 years ago | Likes 115 Dislikes 1

This is what I came for and you did not disappoint.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

How many peacock mantis shrimp would it take to cook themselves?

7 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

Snap boiled shrimp?

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I believe the slap speed is 4000 so if you took 77 shrimp slapping it should equal the same amount of momentum needed to cook the chicken.

7 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Asking the real questions here

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

now this is what i come to this site for

7 years ago | Likes 49 Dislikes 0

My Marine Biology teacher said he picked up some live rock and one was sitting on it without his knowledge. Stuck its spear right 1/2

7 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

through his fucking thumb. 2/2

7 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

that is terrible

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

yeah. Imagine something like this going through your thumb.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Aquariums don't take them in because they tend to break the glass of the tank. Or crack it often until it smashes if it's thick enough.

7 years ago | Likes 141 Dislikes 1

I believe Moat Marine has a mantis shrimp and a pistol shrimp.

7 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Sarasota!

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Denver Aquarium has one. The Butterfly Pavilion in Broomfield has one too.

7 years ago | Likes 54 Dislikes 0

The Denver Aquarium one always hides. I recalled an Imgur post, pulled up pic of a M.S., & put phone screen by his tank. He came right out!

7 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Colorado represent!

7 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 1

Boom baby!!! Glad to see you survived Snowmageddon!

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

woot! woot! Front Range!

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