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IMAGE: Side view of a 11-day-old mantis shrimp (Gonodactylaceus falcatus) larva. The raptorial appendage is folded in bellow the large eyes. view more
Credit: Jacob Harrison, Duke University.
Adult mantis shrimp pack an explosive punch that can split water, but no crustacean emerges fully formed. Minute larvae can undergo six or seven transformations before emerging as fully developed adults and limbs and manoeuvres develop over time. So, when do mantis shrimp larvae acquire the ability to pulverise their dinner and how powerful are the punches that these mini crustaceans pack? We knew that larval mantis shrimp have these beautiful appendages; Megan Porter and Eve Robinson at the University of Hawaii had captured normal videos of a couple of strikes a few years ago , says Jacob Harrison from Duke University, USA. So, he packed up Sheila Patek s high-speed camera and high-resolution lens and travelled to Hawai i to investigate the developing crustacean s manoeu
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