The Insane Biology of: The Mantis Shrimp

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The fact that their movement is comparable to a bullet is crazy enough but that they do it UNDERWATER is just insane considering that water is much denser than air. If you've ever tired to throw a punch underwater you know how hard water gets when moving fast.

I have a pair of Mantis Shrimp that stowed away on some live rock 3 years ago. They both have a lot of personality. Fun just watching them being Mantis Shrimp and doing Mantis Shrimp stuff.

keep in mind that if the acceleration of their strikes is faster than a 0.22 caliber bullet, they do it underwater , where the medium is denser

you ever stand up too quickly and get access to mantis shrimp colors?

Finally we get to see the person behind the narrating voice! Amazing work as usual, to you Stephanie, and to the whole team. The videos of Real Science are gems.

I actually have to do a 2-minute speech in class tomorrow, but couldn't find any interesting and unique topics. Thank you, RealScience.

9:40 I think a clarification might be in order regarding this section about whether the shrimp evolved to cavitate or the cavitation is a happy side effect. A layman may interpret Dr. Patek's response to mean that the shrimp or some mystical mind of evolution knew a future result and evolved towards it. It would be more accurate to say that the cavitation definitely occurred incidentally in an ancestor of the modern shrimp, but it gives such an advantage in almost any scenario that shrimp which could produce cavitation more reliably (and had clubs tough enough to withstand it) had a significant reproductive advantage over those that couldn't because it made them better at killing prey and killing or deterring predators. This selective pressure would have guided the shrimp's evolution down a path to throwing punches that more consistently cause cavitation.

When I tell you I screamed when I saw this- I’ve been waiting for your commentary on this animal! It’s my all time favorite!

The format change adds a lot of personality to your video. As someone who is working in IT, I really do enjoy seeing things this well explained to learn something new I would normally not have the time to enducate myself in.

These shrimp are LITERALLY able to do the Falcon Punch.

I had a pet peacock mantis shrimp. I gave him plenty of reef rock so he could smash his lair to his liking and fed him chunks of white food grade shrimp using a stainless steel pair of hemostats. My favorite critter in the world. He could sense the vibrations of me walking by and would poke his eyes out so I would know he was hungry. He had me well trained 😊.

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You have outdone yourself once again. I've been interested in these animals for a long time and yet I learned so many new things today and in such a captivating, high-quality and intrinsically motivating way! I am so amazed by all the effort you put in, the passion for science and the expansion of the collective human knowledge that you show so clearly, the top-class sources, interlocutors, recordings and other components of these productions! Thank you for making this effort. I would not presume to wish for such a thing and yet you come up with such good content and give us rich gifts. Many many thanks. You are fantastic!

How is the shrimp not injured by the flash heat produced? Is it that it’s retraction allows it to be cooled by surrounding water, saving it from damage? Fascinating stuff.

ZeFrank oddly is the first source I came across discussing this amazing animal. These "prehistoric ancestors of the modern clown" are such a fascinating creature!

This was THE best documentary/video of the Mantis Shrimp that I have seen. It had an incredible amount of scientific/anatomical information about the fascinating creatures, with skilled professionals and narration. Never was the video boring or wasting my time for being too dramatic/slow, but filled with great information told in a succinct, scientific, and interesting way. Kudos to you. 10+ stars.

I did a research project over the summer about the cavitation bubbles produced by the pistol shrimp (similar to the mantis shrimp). It’s so cool to see these amazing animals get recognition! Great video! ❤

You know the shrimp is on a whole other level when it can literally create a localized explosion with its punches

I'm still shocked by the fact that every new video you put out is just as good as the previous one if not better. It just goes to show how many amazing animals are out there on our planet that we don't notice. The layout and the flow of the videos is just very easy to digest even when my brain isn't really in the mood for sciencey stuff and I think the new style of interviewing scientists is a nice touch that definitely adds a lot to the video.