The Peacock Mantis Shrimp By ER

About the Mantis Shrimp Lives and survives in the Indian and Pacific oceans. Usually found in warm waters. Its hard shelled body is protruding with color. It has hues of bright orange, blue, green, and red. This creature has a unique pair of eyes that can move each individually.

Diet of a Mantis Shrimp This creature can kill prey larger than itself. Its diet is based on gastropods, crabs, and mollusks.

Eyesight of a Mantis Shrimp The peacock mantis shrimp has a pair of the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom. Compared to human beings, who have three, mantis shrimp have 16 color-receptive cones which can detect ten times more color than normal human beings. The mantis shrimp can move each eye individually.

Survival of a Mantis Shrimp To kill its prey, it uses its club-like appendages to punch. The mantis shrimp can punch with the speed of a .22 caliber bullet, fifty times the speed of a blink of an eye. This sea creature can easily break the shell of a crab or mollusk.

Mating and reproduction of a Mantis Shrimp Mantis Shrimp eggs usually hatch around 40 days, but can sometimes hatch up to 9 days. It takes up to 35 to 70 days for mantis shrimp to mature. Male mantis shrimp tend to be more colorful than females. This usually helps male mantis shrimp to attract more females to mate with.

Fun Facts! There are currently up to 550 species of mantis shrimp. They can typically grow up to 2 to 7 inches. They are not really shrimp, they are stomatopods, distant relatives of crabs, shrimp, and lobsters. They can see ultraviolent light.

Works Cited https://aqua.org/explore/animals/mantis-shrimp https://mentalfloss.com/article/86128/10-eye-popping-facts-about-mantis- shrimp