Mantis shrimp with eggs. Mantis shrimp (order Stomatopoda) clutching a mass of eggs. Despite its name this crustacean is only distantly related to the true shrimps. It is an active predator,and uses its club-like front limbs to kill prey. It mainly feeds on crabs and molluscs,breaking open their shells with blows from these clubs. A mantis shrimp's strike is one of the fastest animal movements in the world,with a force similar to that of a low-calibre bullet. Photographed in the Lembeh Strait,Sulawesi,Indonesia | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Oldfield, Matthew |
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