Beachcombing - Mantis Shrimp

[@stephenporter322]

Love education about the place where I live. Keep it up.

[@HarteResearch]

Thank you! Jace

[@texasaggiegigsem]

I've read they can knock a hole through aquarium glass.

[@HarteResearch]

I read that too. Crazy! Jace

[@sforza209]

There are different type of mantis shrimps. The type on the video are “spearers” and the type your referring to are “smashers”. This type has a claw/ spike and the other species has a club on the end of their appendage.

[@adogiron1]

@@sforza209smashers hit hard and quick enough to create cavitation bubbles, quite impressive tbh

[@williamkuhns2387]

The species of mantis shrimp with the spiky claw dactyls is called Squilla. In old days the people's of the Marshall Islands of Micronesia made weapons spears, knives and whips from coconut frond wood with shark teeth for edges and on the whips mantis shrimp claws were added to make weapons cause more vicious wounds. The Marshall Island warriors made full body suit armor of woven coconut fibers and a battle helmet made from a large porcupine pufferfish.

[@HarteResearch]

Wow! So interesting! Thanks for sharing! Jace

[@UnironicScrotumhat]

That's sick as hell, dude

[@cabwaylingo_]

i could hear dr montagna speak all day, so full of knowledge and so passionate about it. plus benthic organisms are such an incredible field of research

[@MrInsaint]

This is the best Mantis Shrimp video I have seen so far.💯👌💯 Thank you for sharing, Sir.

[@IODell]

This has quickly become my favorite YT channel.

[@g.g.1663]

In Spain they are eaten too. In Atlantic southern Spain they are called "galera", that means "galley" in English, maybe because it rows with its many legs...

[@elfpi55-bigB0O85]

oooh it's like the bug meal from kuzco but real 🤤🤤drown em in butter

[@px64]

Very informative series.

[@MegaLietuvislt]

Arent these capable of making a sonic boom underwater? Prtty cool :) I liked dr. Mntagna's enthusiasm

[@giannixx]

I know that at least Odontodactylus scyllarus can create cavitation bubbles when they strike. But these in the video (Squilla) use their claws to spear prey rather than to smash it, so that may not apply to them. There's also the pistol shrimp (which, unlike the mantis shrimps, is a shimp), which can create cavitation bubbles when snapping their claws.

[@oofoof8960]

i could listen to dr montagna talk about voracious predator shells all day

[@PushWhenPull]

I used to raise freshwater cherry shrimp. These guys are like their mobster cousins.

[@jwang9989]

I’ve eaten them in Asia. They’re actually delicious but very difficult to peel and pick.

[@Sam-uu2nx]

My thought was where's the meat? Seems like very little surrounded by armor 😂

[@sarahtipton3928]

Mantis shrimp are excellent hunters and extremely important to the ecosystem. Leave them alone!!

[@boscoattolini7547]

Great video overall. But, Countries like Asia? That’s American school system for you

[@sinu9226]

he meant in Asia* 100%

[@yokaicustoms]

Such a rude comment. He obviously misspoke. He doesn't think the continent of Asia is a country. 🙄

[@notNajimi]

he’s literally a scientist but you’re gonna nitpick his poor phrasing and joke about his education?