Kharn
MANTISMAN
I was just watching a good video detailing how Lysiosquillina maculata attack prey on Youtube and I noticed something and not sure why I haven't really noticed it before....I have 2 pictures detailing the same species of stomatopod in there mid strike "form" however the way both there raptorial appendages work is almost opposite to one another...I'll describe what I see in the pics.
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In this picture although not the clearest you can see how the L.mac's raptorial appendages go UNDER the prey (prawn meat) then come up from under and infront, which then brings about the dragging inwards motion towards the L.mac.

source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Mxc4yZK_4
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In this picture its obviously MUCH clearer but it also is what shows a great difference (or maybe I'm crazy...:crazy1
from this position you can see how the L.mac's raptorial appendages go OVER the prey (trigger fish) then what appears to happen is the little teeth/spines on the last "digit" of the raptorial appendage dig into the prey, bringing it down onto the 6 larger spines (3 either appendage) which are located on the middle "digit", then that motion brings brings about the dragging inwards motion towards the L.mac.
Source:http://arthropoda.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/spearer-in-action.jpg
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The most interesting thing besides the fact that it looks like there almost bending there arms in weird manners....is that in BOTH shots of the L.mac's shown....there both coming out of there tunnels...a.k.a Straight upright no leaning on angles to strike on angles!?!?
Are my eyes playing tricks on me or am I seeing something I haven't read or heard about yet in the manner of these what seems to be different strikes from same species animals ?
Cheers
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In this picture although not the clearest you can see how the L.mac's raptorial appendages go UNDER the prey (prawn meat) then come up from under and infront, which then brings about the dragging inwards motion towards the L.mac.

source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Mxc4yZK_4
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In this picture its obviously MUCH clearer but it also is what shows a great difference (or maybe I'm crazy...:crazy1


Source:http://arthropoda.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/spearer-in-action.jpg
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The most interesting thing besides the fact that it looks like there almost bending there arms in weird manners....is that in BOTH shots of the L.mac's shown....there both coming out of there tunnels...a.k.a Straight upright no leaning on angles to strike on angles!?!?
Are my eyes playing tricks on me or am I seeing something I haven't read or heard about yet in the manner of these what seems to be different strikes from same species animals ?
Cheers