shabby mantis video

[slylie]

finnaly got my mantis.. shes awesome!

http://grimreefers.com/photos/mantis.mpg

bad quality, but im working on borrowing a digicam that takes better vids.

 

[Shinobi9P]

She looks awesome! What did you use to bait her out of her hole in the vid. clip? Just wondering

 

[slylie]

some krill in a clear tube. She actually comes out even if i just put my hand near the water surface.

VERY aggressive.

 

[drock59]

very nice

 

[johnism]

so how do you clean your tank , if she comes out that quickly?

 

[slylie]

with a scraper and tongs.

 

[Ryan]

You've just got to be faster than the mantis....think fast. : )


Really cool. I have read that mantis have 5x the color perception as human beings..i wonder why

 

[Hwarang]

Taken from this page:

Stomatopods have the most sophisticated visual system in the world. The stomatopod eye contains 16 different types of photoreceptors (12 for color analysis, compared to humanity's 3 cones). Mantis shrimps can thus see polarized light and 4 colors of UV (ultraviolet) light, and they may also be able to distinguish up to 100,000 colors (compared to the 10,000 seen by human beings).