Mantis Shrimp

[xariatay]

Was very surprised when told that mantis shrimp was served in seafood restaurant in Penang, Malaysia... The Wiki article cleared the doubts...
I agree with Bob, they make great photo subjects!

 

[Hoyden]

For lots more info about mantis shrimp see:

Roy Caldwell's site

and Sheila Patek's talk on Mantis shrimp speed

 

[Thalassamania]

Roy was one of my professors at Cal, he had a hand damaged by a Mantis shrimp.

 

[Walter]

Never had a run it, but I see lots of 'em.

 

[drbill]

A friend of mine from the Philippines sent me pictures of brightly colored mantis shrimp in a Manila fish market. Another from Singapore sent pictures of some beauties. Ours is at its best when the males are in breeding coloration.

 

[Teamcasa]

Bill, I can still see you following/taping that mantis into the depths when we dived at Blue Car Wreck.

 

[Bubbletrubble]

Here's a pic of one that we see in our own backyard here in La Jolla:

I found this guy on a night dive at 80 fsw on the South Walls at La Jolla Shores. Apparently the more common Southern California variety is Hemisquilla californiensis.

 

[Tommy2tone_1999]

Here in south Louisiana we'll eat anything that won't eat us first. Cajuns on the coast call them "Thumbsplitters" because the shell is so had to peel after you boil them up. I had one in an aquarium once, and it damn near ate everything in the tank. They are very active hunters.

 

[Teamcasa]

He is a short video of one we saw a few months ago.

 

[diverdoug1]

I spear them out of their holes with a pole spear, and they are tasty! If you are not carefull, they can give you a nasty whack!