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Mantis Shrimp update



vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,853
Sounds like a Fosters advert.
 

jevs

Well-known member
Mar 24, 2004
4,339
Preston Rock Garden
Incredible beasts. Anyone who has kept Tropical marine reef aquariums knows that Mantis shrimps occasionally get imported in live rock and then proceed to cause havoc.

Far less aggressive and a bit more common are pistol shrimps.....they have a large claw that they slam shut to stun their prey and sounds like the aquarium glass cracking. Many a heart attack ive had hearing this cracking sound and spent the next hour waiting with buckets, only to realise ive got a pistol shrimp !!!!
 

Robot Chicken

Seriously?
Jul 5, 2003
13,154
Chicken World
News just in
Steve Bargeron was fishing from a dock in Fort Pierce as he watched a fellow fisherman pull this creature out of the water. Steve said the massive thing was about 18 inches long and striking its own tail, so he grabbed it by its back like a lobster. Scientists think it may be some type of mantis shrimp. Scientists are leaning toward this as a specific species.

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TomandJerry

Well-known member
Oct 1, 2013
11,345
Stonefish.jpg


STONEFISH

The worst of the scorpion fishes, the stonefish bears a toxin comparable to that of a cobra. This small but horribly ugly creature lives in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and is camouflaged to resemble a coral lump. If you are "spined," the pain is instantaneous. In 10 minutes you'll likely collapse, thrashing and raving maniacally. If you survive six hours you'll probably live, though flesh near the wound will have sloughed away, your joints will ache and it will take a year to regain good health.

Looks tough, as well
 



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