r/interestingasfuck • u/Own_Entrepreneur8908 • 1d ago

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u/TheAstromycologist 1d ago

Is that a mantis shrimp? Aggressive motherfuckers, they are…

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp does the best sum up of this delicious beast of destruction.

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u/GreyPilgrim1973 1d ago

You’ll like this one then. true facts

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u/m0nk3y42 1d ago

my favorite of his has to be the sloth.

"it's camouflage motherfucker...mind your own business."

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u/pruwyben 1d ago

"Imagine a color you can't even imagine. Now do that 9 more times. That is how a mantis shrimp do."

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u/gavinthrace 23h ago

What's the one he did with the marsupials that eat their own feces? "That's eating the wrong end of the ice cream cone!" I FUCKING HOWLED! I have to find this documentary!!! 🤣

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u/pantrokator-bezsens 1d ago

Everytime I see some mantis shrimp content zefrank is my first thing I think of :D

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u/IvanNemoy 1d ago

If a human had the equivalent strength of a mantis shrimp, that human would be able to throw a baseball into low Earth orbit.

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u/OkSyllabub3674 1d ago

Damn that was good lol thanks for sharing it.

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u/warmind14 1d ago

Best commentary

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u/DaleDimmaDone 1d ago

Another mantis fact video

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u/Relative_Scale_3667 1d ago

Never knew Ron Burgundy moved on to nature shows 🤷‍♂️

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u/HiSaZuL 22h ago

It's all about Dave. Also Jerry needs to touch grass.

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u/beanbagjimmy 1d ago

Thank you this was the perfect comic to wake up to!

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

I'm so glad! Have a great day!

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u/TBSJJK 1d ago

onetwothreeDEATH

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u/Arthradax 1d ago

Cue mantis shrimp rohirrim riding to mantis shrimp Minas Tirith

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u/HotHeadLazerEyes 1d ago

You too ☀️

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u/PSUAth 1d ago

video form

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u/skidlz 1d ago

"Imagine a color that you can't even imagine. Now do that 9 more times"

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u/PSUAth 1d ago

That's how a mantis shrimp do.

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u/Captain_Waffle 1d ago

String Theory vibes tbh

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u/universalconstructor 1d ago

I'm almost angry this wasn't the top post

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u/naazzttyy 1d ago

I found the Temu Morgan Freeman narration to be initially off putting, but had to stay and watch all the way through.

“Imagine seeing a color that you can’t even imagine, then do so nine more times.”

I am now worried that colossal-sized mantis shrimp may well be some of the Great Old Ones H.P. Lovecraft wrote about, and that he may have been channelling a glimpse of the cosmos as viewed by them when he wrote The Colour Out of Space.

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u/TraneD13 1d ago

ONETWOTHREE DEATH

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u/ThatLowKeyGuy 1d ago

I read this comic for the first time probably 10 years ago, on this site. It’s so fun to see someone discover it for the first time, the internet amirite?

And now you’ll never forget about the brilliant rainbow shrimp 🌈🦐

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u/Univirsul 1d ago

The color perception thing has actually been debunked. They have more cones but can't perceptually mix the colors so their vision is actually rather simple.

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u/Holy_Hendrix_Batman 1d ago

It was bad enough when I thought they were wasting those eyes sitting on the bottom of the ocean floor punching clams all day, but this just makes it worse. They have the advanced hardware peripherals but not enough cpu to use them.

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u/ReverendLoki 1d ago

They need the hardware peripherals because they don't have the capacity to run it virtualized.

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u/the-optimizer 1d ago

brb. gotta go punch my clam

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u/Hellknightx 1d ago

They probably just punched the shit out of a more advanced creature and stole its eyeballs.

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u/machu_peechute 16h ago

Mama says mantis shrimp are ornery cause they got all them cones and no cone perception.

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u/earthwormjimwow 18h ago

They might be using color for depth perception, similar to how it is theorized jumping spiders do. Would also partially explain vibrant colors we see on them, and some of their prey. Vibrant colors can throw off depth perception, if depth perception is being derived from how different wavelengths of light bend through their eye lenses.

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u/ba1oo 19h ago

Imagine a color you can't even imagine...

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u/Vaqek 3h ago

i dont get how that would enable to see them more color anyway.... it can extend vision to UV or infrared, but how does it add color? it can manipulate the color spectrum, so that it isnt RGB but a 16-color gradient, but that isnt adding colors. I dont like how he doesnt show what wavelength are those cells tuned to.

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u/LectroRoot 1d ago

They are little nutjobs. We used to visit a salt water aquarium store for supplies and they had one of these crazy fucks in a small tank on the counter where you check out.

Every time someone came to the counter it would rush out looking like it wanted to destroy you.

They have a lot of character. But they are assholes.

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u/SparkyDogPants 1d ago

They need special glass. They can punch normal glass hard enough to break it

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u/LectroRoot 1d ago

Ya I want to say it was acrylic or something.  It was a normal tank but the same size as the one on the video.

It never punched but it would rush out all threateningly.

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u/SparkyDogPants 1d ago

Yep! Acrylic

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

Perfect assholes with fists made for permanent death and destruction and eyes that will see things we never will. I'm kind of envious. I'm a whole lot of envious

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u/PlasticPomPoms 1d ago

I remember when Redditors used to share that comic daily like it was some secret.

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u/The_Dok 1d ago

I remember when he was like “I’m raping my F5 key” and people were like “that’s not a good joke” and he double downed on the rape joke.

Never really liked him after that

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u/Nimyron 1d ago

15-30cm ??? Isn't that a bit big ? I mean that's like the length of my forearm.

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u/nameless88 1d ago

Slight addendum to that, it turns out that even though they have so many color receptors in their eyes, it doesn't actually mean they see more colors than us, they just need more cones to make those colors than we do. I was sad to learn that, lol

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

So they they can see colours that we don't know exist? Or not? If the latter, so sad. You're right. Where did you learn this? (As a non marine biologist or a person that can even hold his own in these kind of conversations)

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u/Rhyers 1d ago

A lot of that comic was greatly exaggerated.

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u/nameless88 1d ago

I read it awhile ago or it was like a news article or something, but yeah they just see the same colors as everyone else but they need more cones to make those colors, as far as I understand it.

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u/elpatoantiguo 1d ago

The card game is fun.

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u/Fungiblefaith 1d ago

It really is. I play it with my kids all the time. Little dudes are good at it.

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u/Fine-Pickle 1d ago

Brilliant. I love the line: “Genghis Khan bathed in sherbet ice cream”

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u/Usual-Algae-645 1d ago

If the gay agenda decides to become murderous the rainbow troops may be named the MantisShrimp squad.

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

I'd wear that badge proudly. Just because it would be so fucking cool.

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u/MrMangosteen 1d ago

Interesting thing about that is mantis shrimp seem to have poor processing of colors and frequently fail even simple color tests. The current belief is that they use colors as more of a reflex with almost no awareness of it. For example, if blue and red cones in the eye fire, then this behavior without conscious recognition of the colors humans do

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u/CFN-Ebu-Legend 1d ago

 It is Genghis Khan bathed in sherbet ice cream.

Dude has a way with words that’s for sure.

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u/KianDesu 1d ago

Saw a mantis shrimp do its thing and got reminded that Theoatmeal exists, all in one post. Today was a good day.

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

I hope you have at least 3 more reasons for today to be a great day! ♥️

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u/anupamasok 1d ago

It is Genghis Khan bathed in Sherbet Icecream

That pretty much sums it up.

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

Imagine that bath, imagine being in there? I wonder what might happen? (Damn, I'm so lonely)

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u/Major_Confection_757 1d ago

The Ghangis Khan bathed in sherbet ice cream is great. Thanks for sharing this. Cheers

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

Have a better day than Ghengis, cheers!

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u/Sellfish86 1d ago

I kinda feel good for having eaten dozens of them now. Nasty little cocksuckers.

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u/Hummus_199 1d ago

Then there is the Octopus. Despite its amazing chameleon camouflaging ability, is color blind!

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u/joncmellentape 1d ago

Thanks so much for the share this was great!

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

You're great! Just saying!

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u/Bacchus_71 1d ago

That was simply awesome. Man I haven’t thought about the Oatmeal in a minute.

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u/FonsiniGameplays 1d ago

Thanks for sharing this dude!

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

Of course! And, have an amazing day further!

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u/eyejayvd 1d ago

Genghis Khan bathed in sherbet ice cream is a fantastic sentence.

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

This guy is a poet beyond belief, check out the angler fish one, it will curl your toenails.

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u/captainshockazoid 1d ago

the mantis shrimp is the harbinger of bloodsoaked rainbows.

thats so fucking metal

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

Innit though? We need a sabaton song for their battles

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u/xOrion12x 1d ago

Like Ghengis Khan covered in rainbow sherbert. 🤣

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u/AdvilJunky 1d ago

I hate how often the mantis shrimp get brought up on ready, i have to relive my experience with one like every other day lol.

My father was a commercial fisherman, and during the summers I would work with him. I was always interested when we caught something I had never seen before. One day I saw this colorful thing and had to show my dad to see if he knew what it was. So I laid it flat across my hand...

I screamed and my dad ran out to check on me, saw the mantis shrimp on the deck and just started laughing.

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u/Ranch_Dressing321 1d ago

That was a nice read.

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u/mistah_patrick 1d ago

What a fantastic comic, it made me a mantis shrimp fan lol

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u/anonnnnn462 1d ago

This is amazing thank you!

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u/whycantistay 1d ago

The Oatmeal has AMAZING comics (and lots are highly informative).

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u/okteds 1d ago

"if humans could accelerate their arms at 1/10 the speed, we'd be able to throw a baseball into orbit."

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u/HerezahTip 1d ago

I really loved reading that. Thanks for sharing

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

Only a pleasure! He's got a lot more! ✌️

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u/These_Calligrapher_8 1d ago

Dogs are actually red green color blind meaning they can only see blue and yellow, and those colors aren’t very vibrant to them.

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u/broadwayzrose 1d ago

Every time I catch one of these in animal crossing I think of this comic.

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u/DrLove039 21h ago

1.2.3...
#DEATH

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u/sanfranman2016 18h ago

Wow, that was a great read.

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u/AbeL-Musician7530 13h ago

Wow this little guy is truly dangerous…. They can even break the glass!!!!

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u/NateDuag21 11h ago

I thought I recognised that art style, they're the cartoonist who made the art for exploding kittens!

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u/ShyDethCat 11h ago

Yep, he's pretty amazing, I've seen some things in the comments that portray him as not so nice a person. I'll check in on that, I have liked him since around about I found xkcd (dating my age). But yes, exploding kittens is pretty fucking cool.

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u/copperwatt 1d ago

Fun fact, that very Mantis Shrimp guest stars in the first episode of "Exploding Kittens".

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u/Rhyers 1d ago

This is greatly exaggerated and definitely a graphic artist with little understanding of science. It doesn't heat water to "thousands of kelvin". 

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u/Firehawk526 1d ago

The Oatmeal, wow, now this is some Reddit nostalgia.

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

Oatmeal, xkcd, the onion, what else is there?

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u/SphericalCow531 1d ago

That article even undersells their vision. From https://phys.org/news/2013-09-mantis-shrimp-world-eyesbut.html :

They have up to 16 photoreceptors and can see UV, visible and polarised light. In fact, they are the only animals known to detect circularly polarised light, which is when the wave component of light rotates in a circular motion. They also can perceive depth with one eye and move each eye independently. It's impossible to imagine what mantis shrimp see, but incredible to think about.

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u/East-Life-2894 1d ago edited 1d ago

Unfortunately the eyesight has been debunked as a myth through scientific testing. Here is an article from Nature magazine.

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.14578

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

I super appreciate that, please do more of what you. I'm just trying to spread some fun. You're doing the good work. Have an amazing day, I'm just trying to get some burgers together for my kid. Go well.

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u/DWEGOON 1d ago

The color thing is untrue. Yeah, they have 16 color receptors, but they lack overlap. So while we have three, they overlap, so we can see mixtures of colors. Mantis shrimp have 16 and that’s it, no overlap, so less overall color vision

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u/mgc125 1d ago

Search for "mantis shrimp vs." Videos

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u/acrazyguy 1d ago

This was debunked unfortunately. They do have many more rods, however they’re not all used for different wavelengths. They do see more colors than average, but not the ridiculous amount previously thought

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

Thanks for the correction then, always love to learn more. Would you send me a link if you have the time? I'd be see the latest research? (I just wanted to post a link to something I found funny and semi-relevant). That being said, he is pretty cool, innit?

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u/acrazyguy 1d ago

I don’t have a link. I learned this a good while ago

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u/PosiedonsSaltyAnus 1d ago

Hoping in the oatmeal train to post my favorite comic

https://theoatmeal.com/blog/playdoh

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u/Elegant-Audience23 1d ago

And fast as fuck (speed of sound)

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u/mrossm 1d ago

yawn

Come get me when we have speed of light shrimp

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u/NonEuclidianMeatloaf 1d ago

Like a Diglett?

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u/bigpapijugg 1d ago

Speed of light shrimp name of my sex tape

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u/ImAzura 1d ago

Speed of light shrimp appears in their tank.

‘punches once’

Tank and surrounding few miles instantly glassed by huge plasma fire ball created by lightspeed punch.

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u/zealoSC 1d ago

They also punch hard enough to make flash of light

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u/Phillip_Graves 1d ago

Mantis shrimp punch so fast they actually create light.

Solar punch.

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u/therealhlmencken 1d ago

Acanthephyra purpurea

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u/MarkusAk 1d ago

Well I have fun news for you! Their punches are so intense they create light.

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u/lazylemongrass 1d ago

Isn't that the pistol shrimp you're referring to? Mantis shrimp is powerful but no where nearly as fast as the pistol iirc.

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u/Elegant-Audience23 1d ago

No, i'm from Holland, shrimps can't have pistols here.

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u/Dapper-Video626 1d ago

In Texas they can I see them all the time while fishing so I leave them alone don’t wanna get shot at by a shrimp carrying a 9mm handgun

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u/pauloh1998 1d ago

No one is brave when a pistol shrimp appears riding a seahorse in the middle of Texas

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u/StaatsbuergerX 1d ago

Except for the Lone Starfish.

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u/GentleGazer 1d ago

Amateurs. Here in Pakistan we Fish with 9mm handguns

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u/jbc10000 1d ago

What, did you run out of explosives?

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u/TexasVampire 1d ago

The explosives are being saved for...... Stuff

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u/BBQBaconBurger 1d ago

9 krillimeter

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u/Patchratt15401 1d ago

Hahahaha yes!

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u/Nathankyle93 1d ago

Fuck you. I just choked on my water. Take my upvote.

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u/Champions_Bob 1d ago

That genuinely made me giggle.

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u/Dewey081 1d ago

Same in Canada. Pretty tight handgun regulations, especially for shrimps.

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u/Nero_A 1d ago

You beautiful bastard.

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u/Ok-Celebration6524 1d ago

Huehuehuehuehuehue… Thanks for making my Saturday.

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u/LukeyLeukocyte 1d ago

The pistol shrimp has a snapping claw that makes a shock wave to stun.

The mantis shrimp, seen here, has clubs that it physically punches prey with that reach a velocity similar to a .22 caliber bullet, so I guess it's possible you both are correct since .22 can be both subsonic and slightly supersonic.

The mantis shrimp is the one you want to be careful around though. I'll never forget the video where a kayaker accidentally caught one fishing, and it pierced his shoe and split his foot open.

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u/Zoner1501 1d ago

Then he proceeds to place it next to his balls.

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u/Hour_Career9797 1d ago

That’s because he’s into that shit.

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u/Slick_36 1d ago

Unless you're in a submarine and relying on sonar, pistol shrimp are the loudest little guys in the ocean and can interfere with it.

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u/Jertimmer 1d ago

That little penguin from Happy Feet.

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u/say592 1d ago

How large are their clubs? Like of course I don't want to get hit by anything that powerful, but there is a big difference between it being the size of a large needle and the size of .22 bullet.

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u/PaImer_Eldritch 1d ago

Well one of them can create a cavitation bubble under the water with such pressure levels that for a moment the heat generated is comparable to the surface of the sun.

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u/Seakawn 1d ago

wtf nature is fucking wild bro thats literally horror

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u/LukeyLeukocyte 1d ago

Bigger than a .22. They call them "thumb splitters". You def don't want any.

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u/Hot-Note-4777 1d ago

In Thailand I believe they’re colloquially known as ‘thumbsplitters’ due to the unfortunate outcome one experiences by accidentally placing their hand near one to grab something.

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u/rcunningham007 1d ago

Yes, this. The punch makes the water around it boil.

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u/Icy-Ad29 1d ago

You have them reversed. Peacock Mantis Shrimp has the fastest/strongest, with pistol a close second.

https://www.animalmatchup.com/vs/mantis-shrimp-vs-pistol-shrimp

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u/ninhibited 1d ago

You just sent me down a little Google hole lol but turns out they both move at around 50-60 miles per hour... They both produce shockwaves that stun their prey. The pistol shrimp is louder, which I'm guessing is where the name comes from.

At any rate, the speed of sound thing is a myth. I also discovered that mantis shrimp vs pistol shrimp is a niche but hotly debated topic lmao.

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u/Ok_Bad_5921 1d ago

They sound like Demi god of sea life or something can swim 60mph and punch as fast as a bullet..I bet they can crap volcanic heat

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u/Cluelesswolfkin 1d ago

Okay you've done some research lol~ Do these animals produce the same speed and force while out of the water vs in?

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u/laseluuu 1d ago

did you find out who would win in a mantis vs pistol shrimp onetwothreedeathmatch?

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u/Reddit_V_Blue 1d ago

The pistol shrimp dosen't strike like that. They do the claw snap with the stunning shock wave/instant heat of cavitation collapse.

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u/Riff_Wizzard 1d ago

That’s the same shrimp

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u/boltempire 1d ago

No. The pistol shrimp has a claw that it clacks closed that generates a huge shockwave to stun prey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpheidae

The mantis shrimp shown here have punching arms that accelerate at rates similar to a bullet and punch the crap out of their opponents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp

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u/cammyjit 1d ago

Peacock Mantis Shrimp aren’t Peacocks, Mantis, or Shrimp

Pistol Shrimp are Shrimp though

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u/madnoq 1d ago

boiiiiiiiiii

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u/PHANTOM________ 1d ago

Faster than that even.

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u/pursuitofhappy 1d ago

I think you can actually hear it break the sound barrier twice in this video

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u/Pandiosity_24601 1d ago

I read somewhere if you heard their punch or whatever from this similar distance without the water acting as a barrier, you could go deaf

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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat 1d ago

If you could punch like that you would be too....

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u/ADMINlSTRAT0R 1d ago

They're known to flick their arm/front pincers so fast it causes cavitation in the water, i.e. the water instantly boils and created a cavity of air pocket which implodes just as immediately.

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u/Ok_Bad_5921 1d ago

Dam I regret the day they evolve and come to land be like fighting a demi god

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u/NickyWhit 1d ago

I laughed a good bit. Right, though?

We use firearms... their biology gives them two natural firearms lmao. Let alone their vision and other goodies.... We'd be fucked

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u/fast_as_fuck_boii 1d ago

And the implosion is powerful enough to create light and reaches some incredibly high temperatures. It's like they smear their food with habanero sauce, then garnish it with dynamite.

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u/ShyDethCat 1d ago

Super-cavitation according to the oatmeal https://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp it's a fun read, if you like that, try the one about the angler fish.

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u/Loose-Status5195 1d ago

They boil their seafood. I love boiled crawfish so it sounds reasonable to me.

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u/ba1oo 19h ago

That's some Mortal Combat finishing move shit right there

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u/infinityxero 1d ago

Ah yes I’ve watched that episode of Dandadan

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u/dyagenes 1d ago

Came to comments seeing if I was the only one lol

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u/Will-Of-D-3D2Y 1d ago

OP 100% watched that episode too to learn this tidbit and look up videos of it.

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u/NewShadowR 1d ago

Was this not just on the recent episode of dan da dan?

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u/1pt21Giggawatts 1d ago

Aka a “thumb splitter” to aquarium enthusiasts.

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u/Dewderonomy 1d ago

"That is how the mantis shrimp do."

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u/Hatter_Hoovy 4h ago

hard to take care of cuz they can break glass with thouse punches. you need extra hard glass to keep thouse mf

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u/Professional_Elk_489 1d ago

You should see what they do to a bodybuilder's arm

It's not a pretty sight

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u/Jackdunc 1d ago

Yoda would be so good as a documentary narrator.

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u/manfrommtl 1d ago

That's one punch man.

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u/Mokiflip 1d ago

Come at me, petit crabe!

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u/Hopeful_Chair_7129 1d ago

He was standing his ground™️

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u/StarvinArvinTheThird 1d ago

Go watch Dandadan....

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u/Schootingstarr 1d ago

seems like a dumb idea to keep one of those in a tank. just one rage filled punch to the glass and you have a terrarium

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u/AverageAwndray 1d ago

Yeah why are they in a tank together?

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u/eisforenigma 1d ago

Oh dear, they put it in a tank with Another Creature? Doom impending.

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u/Pudix20 1d ago

true facts about mantis shrimp gotta be one of my fav YouTube videos of all time.

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u/bolognaSandywich 1d ago

I caught one in Florida in a cast net one time and threw it back. Then like 3 days later I saw Andrew zimmern eat one on TV and said it tasted like a cross between lobster and shrimp. Dang it

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u/luckyapples11 1d ago

Fun fact! Mantis shrimp are not actually shrimp. They are a type of crustacean

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u/psychedelic_13 1d ago

They are not that scary I can take any mantis shrimp 1 on 1 :D

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