#mantis shrimp

[woosh-floosh-art]

Another comic based on a favorite post of mine, because what can I say? I love posts

Original post by @cryptotheism

[aliquid-de-magis]

i have become obsessed with this thing

[nim-lock]

a shrimposter

[mockva]

This is a mantis shrimp. It may look small, but it delivers one of the fastest and most powerful strikes in the animal kingdom. Its punch is so fast it creates shock waves underwater and can crack shells that would stop most predators. Sometimes reality is more unbelievable than science fiction.

[pngblog]

[pikaole]

Mantis shrimp 🦐

[kodasea]

Til the tide reveals us again

[herpsandbirds]

West Atlantic Mantis Shrimp (Squilla empusa), family Squillidae, order Stomatopoda, found along the coasts of North and South America

photographs by Robert Bachand