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By , on March 2nd, 2013 8 comments   Ecology   , ,  

Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to crush prey with one swipe of his hand! Down in the Sea! Look! It’s a lobster! It’s a crab! No…it’s Supermantis! Odontodactylus scyllarusSource: Roy L. Caldwell   …not who you were expecting was it. The mantis shrimp, also known as stomatopods, are a . . . → Read More: Supermantis

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Another Blow to Sea Cucumbers and a New Challenger to the Ring
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By , on March 21st, 2008 10 comments   Opinion & Editorial, Organisms   , , , , , ,  

Ed Yong over at Not Exactly Rocket Science ha an awesome post highlighting recent research on the unique vision of mantis shrimps. At the end of his post he (rightfully) dismisses the sea cucumber: “Personally, I think mantis shrimps kick the crap out of sea cucumbers, but they’re on a par with squid, which incidentally . . . → Read More: Another Blow to Sea Cucumbers and a New Challenger to the Ring

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