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shots of my mantis

man, that thing looks freaky :)

Great shot, I love mantas shrimp!

That mantis looks amazing, it really is playing tricks on my eyes. It almost looks like a Photoshop plastic wrap or edges filter is applied on him!

Looks kinda HDR on its own.

Sweet! My new wallpaper!

keep your fingers out of the tank!

Great pics. Maybe it's just me, but every time I see pics of a Mantis, I have nightmares that they will eat me while I'm asleep. Paranoid? lol

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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14898411#post14898411 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aquariumclown
Great pics. Maybe it's just me, but every time I see pics of a Mantis, I have nightmares that they will eat me while I'm asleep. Paranoid? lol

I'd say slightly paranoid, unless you sleep in saltwater.

I can see someone making a reef tank water bed inspired by this lol

I feel like its on me

They are just the coolest looking things ever. I love the paddle shape of their antenna scales.

holy crap. thats crazy!

Those eyes are crazy. Would like to see a close up shot with the eyes sharp.

Ken

Mantis shrimp is a freak of nature and a scientific wonder, their eyes see in 4D!

4D? How in the world did they figure that out?

Ken

From wikipedia...

Some species have at least 16 different photoreceptor types, which are divided into four classes (their spectral sensitivity is further tuned by colour filters in the retinas), 12 of them for colour analysis in the different wavelengths (including four which are sensitive to ultraviolet light) and four of them for analysing polarised light. By comparison, humans have only four visual pigments. The visual information leaving the retina seems to be processed into numerous parallel data streams leading into the central nervous system, greatly reducing the analytical requirements at higher levels.

At least two species have been reported to be able to detect circular polarized light [13][14]. The species Gonodactylus smithii is the first - and only - organism known to simultaneously detect the four linear, and two circular, polarization components required for Stokes parameters, which yield a full description of polarization. It is thus believed to have optimal polarization vision [14][15][16][17].

He is so cute, hehe. Great pictures :)