The Mantis shrimp, or as it's formally known, Stomatopoda, is not a shrimp to invite to a polite dinner party, unless one harbors a penchant for chaos and broken crockery. More colorful than a psychedelic dream and equipped with more weaponry than a small intergalactic battle cruiser, the Mantis shrimp is the ocean's answer to an over-caffeinated prizefighter. With eyes that can see the past, the future, and that embarrassing thing you did last summer, it can hurl its fist-like appendages with the velocity of a bullet, all whilst contemplating the existential dread of the oceanic abyss.
If you're eco-touring on planet Earth and fancy a glimpse of these kaleidoscopic boxers, ensure your submarine has reinforced windows, or you'll be swimming back to shore.
Mantis shrimps are typically found in the warm waters of Earth's oceans, often lounging in burrows like underwater couch potatoes with attitude problems.
Avoid challenging a Mantis shrimp to a game of rock-paper-scissors; they play a version called 'rock-rock-smash', and guess who always wins?
The Mantis shrimp is the only creature known to use eleven different forms of martial arts simultaneously, including 'Krav Maga' and 'Jazz Hands' - the latter being lethal in seven solar systems.
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