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Old 10-01-2010, 12:53 AM   #1
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Oct 1, 2010: Shrimp DeJour

Behold the Peacock Mantis Shrimp, like something Disney animators would dream up... on acid.
He looks like a Harlequin clown of the sea, but he's really a killer clown from the deep.



He esentially bludgeons his prey to pieces, to eat their bloody pulp.

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Looks sure are deceiving here because this guy is what's known as a smasher, with club shaped raptorial appendages that it uses to repeatedly smash its prey until it can gain access to the soft tissue for consumption.
It is reported to have a "punch" of over 50mph. The fastest punch of any living animal.
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Old 10-01-2010, 07:33 AM   #2
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It looks like two creatures (sort of like when one person sits on another person's shoulders so you see the legs of one and the head of the other).
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Old 10-01-2010, 08:03 AM   #3
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Aside form smashing things, they can see circular polarized light and 100,000 colors. Lots of articles about their eyes/vision in Wired...
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Old 10-01-2010, 08:12 AM   #4
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I don't eat shellfish But he sure is purdy. I'd keep one as a pet and give him creatures to smash. I'd call him Archibald.
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Old 10-01-2010, 09:39 AM   #5
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Aside form smashing things, they can see circular polarized light and 100,000 colors. Lots of articles about their eyes/vision in Wired...
Like Mike Tyson with X-ray vision glasses.
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Old 10-01-2010, 10:08 AM   #6
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He's purty ...
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Old 10-01-2010, 10:43 AM   #7
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Behold the Peacock Mantis Shrimp, like something Disney animators would dream up... on acid. He looks like a Harlequin clown of the sea, but he's really a killer clown from the deep.
Gaudy displays like this are Mother Nature's way of saying "Bring it, motherfucker!"
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Old 10-01-2010, 12:25 PM   #8
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Gaudy displays like this are Mother Nature's way of saying "Bring it, motherfucker!"
lol ... oooooo what are these pretty colors over here? BAM! ::: dead :::
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Old 10-01-2010, 01:17 PM   #9
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He looks like a pimp.

A shrimp pimp?



ETA: lmao @ "Bring it, motherfucker!"
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Old 10-01-2010, 02:28 PM   #10
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Old 10-01-2010, 03:12 PM   #11
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It would have punched you at 50mph, and then laughed, and went back to the bottom of the sea anyway.
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Old 10-01-2010, 03:20 PM   #12
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It would have punched you at 50mph, and then laughed, and went back to the bottom of the sea anyway.
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? ... Spongebob! Squarepants!
Who punches you in the face at 50 mph? ... Uhhh, I don't even ???





























This guy! BAM! ::: dead :::
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Old 10-01-2010, 05:46 PM   #13
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He looks like a pimp.

A shrimp pimp?



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Old 10-01-2010, 07:05 PM   #14
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BigV, I think you nailed it. I'm alergic to shrimp, so I say, step on it.
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Old 10-02-2010, 05:49 AM   #15
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Looks like a trailer trash couch.
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