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Mantis Shrimp

Description:

A fish that resembles the shrimp to the untrained eye. This is not considered edible though. The organism in the picture are actually discarded by the fishermen

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5 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 9 years ago

Moved to Arthropods :-)

Vishal
Vishal 9 years ago

@Sigg. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction with respect to identification.
Perhaps someone else might know the exact species.
Have changed name on top

SG in CR
SG in CR 9 years ago

No, can't say I can off the top of my head.

Vishal
Vishal 9 years ago

@Sigg. Thanks for that information. Indeed looks like Mantis Shrimp.
Can you point out the exact species ?

SG in CR
SG in CR 9 years ago

They look like some sort of mantis shrimp, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shri...
For a interesting and funny video about them, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5FEj9U-C...

Vishal
Spotted by
Vishal

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Apr 3, 2011
Submitted on May 24, 2014

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