need help =D

[worm94]

hi, my name is sebastian and i'm at my first year at university. Me and one of my classmates have to make a presentation about a topic that we may be intrigued by or just interested in... and I found about mantis shrimps and i'm completely amazed by this creatures... so now to the point that brings me here... I wanted to know if someone could email me some videos of mantis shrimps attacking preys or anything that might be of interest. I would be very grateful if someone could. Thanks

(sorry if my english isn't very good, it's a little late here and i'm a bit tired =D)

 

[MDeth]

check out youtube.com

just search mantis shrimp...theres a ton.

 

[worm94]

i thought about that, but i need them in my hard drive... that's why i need someone who can email them to me =D

thanx anyway

 

[justinl]

PM me your email and i can send a vid of my G. smithii taking out a small crab.

this one isnt mine. Dr. Roy Caldwell filmed this one so you'll have to ask him permission i imagine. read the second link (screen name Neogonodactylus) as it explains the video. i love this video because you can see the mantis' behaviour. notice how during the fight the peacock is always turning over the octo so the venomous beak is always facing away form the mantis.

http://www.reefcentral.com/vid/bluering/bluering_content.html

http://www.tonmo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7366

 

[worm94]

hmm....

hmm....

errr.... i'm kind of a noob and i don't know how to contact this "dr roy" (who by the way seems to be some kind of god around here lol)

 

[justinl]

lol he's a phD at U of berkeley and does lots of research on mantis shrimp (stomatopods). and he logs on here often eough to help us out and share some really cool info that we would never find elsewhere. his screen name here is Gonodactylus. you know how to PM right? just shoot him a PM asking for permission.