Mantis Shrimp Packs a Punch | Predator in Paradise

Armed with the most sophisticated vision and fastest strike of any predator on Earth, the mantis shrimp is an unsuspecting threat.

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Mantis Shrimp Packs a Punch | Predator in Paradise

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[NatGeoWild]

The mantis shrimp is armed with the most sophisticated vision of any predator on Earth. What are your thoughts on this amazing creature?

[Deadpoolio]

This guys just a pure menace to seaciety. Everyone in the ocean is chilling and this guy comes in with sun punches to your jawline.

[TzToke-Jad]

"This is the peacock mantis shrimp... he's actually neither a shrimp nor a mantis."
Knew it was a peacock.

[floridamanstrikesagain]

Imagine being a crab and minding your own business, then all of a sudden you get obliterated by the Mike Tyson of the sea

[otto.x]

"I fear not the shrimp who has practiced 10, 000 punches once, but I fear the shrimp who has practiced one punch 10, 000 times." -Shrimp Lee

[robloxiscancer]

Hermit crab: Spends millions of years evolving a way to hide in rock hard shells and camouflage.
Mantis shrimp: Spends millions of years evolving these hands 🥶🔥💯💪🏽😤

[AtarahDerek]

Your sound designer was having way too much fun.

[XShadOBabeX]

“He’s actually neither a shrimp nor a mantis.”

I feel like they missed the opportunity to add, “And he’s certainly not a peacock, either.”

[muCephei_]

Considering that this is the inside the water, it's mind boggling how fast this guy can strike.

[sninctbur]

Ah, a meal. I’ll casually kill it with *THE POWER OF THE SUN.*

[dronessential]

Let's take a moment to think about the sound designer, who used the looney toons dash sound in a nat geo documentary.

[rockedout]

so this guy punches and cooks at the same time. efficient.

[myaccount]

The ocean is terrifying. Even a shrimp can mess you up

[redbear]

“Although he’s just 6 inches long”

Me: *imagines half a subway sub running along the sea floor punching things*

[MaleneQwQ]

"I like ya cut G"
*Literally kills the kid*

[poke-maniacchris]

“For a moment, the water reaches the temperature of the surface of the sun” is just our own real life Pokédex entry for this thing and the scariest part is that it’s real

[MegaChickenfish]

The way the water around the fist *boils* as they punch would be like if we could actually punch so hard our *fists catch fire.* Nature is so fascinating.

[Marauder]

Mantis Shrimp wakes up in the morning:
_REACTOR ONLINE_
_SENSORS ONLINE_
_WEAPON SYSTEMS ONLINE_
ALL SYSTEMS NOMINAL. WELCOME COMMANDER SHRIMP.

[mAdcaTzma]

Imagine putting this on your aquarium and 10 seconds later your tank bursts

[rjc]

What blew my mind most about this was 2-fold -- he can crack his way through a seashell as effortlessly as a nutcracker opening up the shell of a walnut, and he's temporarily exposed to a temperature of 10, 000 degrees F, which is the sun's surface temperature. The natural world is filled with wonder and awe!