
By ShadowRaptor101
09/04/2014 - 03:36:30
Type: Creature
Rating: 0.11 (Not rated)
Tags: mantis, shadowraptor101, shrimp, the closest thing nature will ever have to a temporar ninja, zefrank1
Description
Here we will explore true facts about the mantis shrimp.
The Mantis Shrimp is a living fossil of the prehistoric clown, that all modern clowns evolved from.
Each of our human eyes creates a single picture and the two together means that we have binocular vision. Each one of the mantis shrimp?s eyes creates three separate images; a trinocular eyeball. And, it has two of them, which means that it?s sexnocular...dirty Science.
Human eyes can detect 3 color wavelengths; The mantis shrimp can detect 5,400 of them. (Just kidding, they can detect 12) Imagine a color that can?t even imagine. Now, do that 9 more times; That is how a mantis shrimp do. Oddly, the mantis shrimp is pretty bad at discerning the colors that humans CAN see, which is probably why it dresses like an idiot, and this explains the modern clown as well. And just like the modern clown, the mantis shrimp has a psychopathic killing instinct. Mantis shrimps are generally divided into two categories: The first, the "Spearers", have spiny barbed front-scooping claws designed to snag and stab prey. The "Spearers" play a version of hide-and-seek, which pretty much sucks for anyone that isn?t hiding. Kind of a crappy game... really, not for kids.
Alternatively, the "Smasher" mantis shrimp have little, Edward bowling ball hands, that they use to punch the crap out of basically, everything. They have the fastest punch in the world, with the same acceleration as a 22-caliber bullet. To a mantis shrimp, kung fu looks like thai chi. The mantis shrimp can deliver a blow with 15,000 Newtons of force, which tells you what a sissy punch Newton must have had. That punch is so powerful that the universe can?t even handle it; Water moves out of the way so fast that little vacuums are formed, called cavitation bubbles. These bubbles collapse immediately, and the force of that collapse creates a second shockwave and even generates light and heat. That?s some "mortal kombat finishing move" sh*t right there.
Basically it sucks to be the mantis shrimp?s roommate. There?s just way too much of the punching.
Have you ever heard the story of the hermit crab and the mantis shrimp? "One day..." That?s it, that?s the whole story...
Even the octopus, who is quite a badass, can?t deal with these little psycho bastards. Remember; If your afraid of clowns, stay afraid. Stay very afraid...

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51 Bones | 6 Feet | 0 Hands |


16 %
Sociability 8 / 20 | Aggressiveness 8 / 20 | Abilities 3 / 15 |
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By CreepingTerror
well made
By Kyle2Meaghan
Nice job with the Mantis Shrimp
By RandomCreaturez
The creation is nice but the description is completely incredible.
By Salooverall
Amazing job, looks a lot like one! :D
By Python09
Wow ShadowRaptor you REALLY out did yourself this time! This is AMAZING
By Sean10M
RE: True but most arthropods aren't typically very good at telling objects apart anyway so its not much of a surprise.
By ShadowRaptor101
@Sean10M: That is quite fascinating. Unfortunately, it seems the Mantis Shrimp has issues discerning the colors we DO see, which probably explains why it dresses like an idiot.
By Sean10M
Nice work. Human eyes also see three parts of the colour spectrum thanks to our 3 different cone cell types. Some birds have a 4th that lets them see ultra violet. Some mantis shrimp species however can have as many as 12. We know there are light spectrums
By pettamapossum
More like sexynocular.
...But seriously, this is excellent.