Mantis Shrimp Essay

Australia, the continent most equivalent with hell. Just as usual, Australia, turns every animal near it completely evil, the list mainly contains: spiders, snakes, scorpions, and kangaroos, especially the Kangaroos. A prime example of this phenomenon is the Mantis Shrimp. The Mantis Shrimp holds the ability to either punch, stab, or slash with the speed of a .22 caliber bullet. The mantis shrimp is a pure killing machine.

The Mantis Shrimp has plagued many a fish owner. Many people accidently bring them into their aquariums by placing rock features they have found in the ocean, the shrimp burrow into these rocks and live there. When the shrimp find themselves in this new environment, they do exactly what they had already been doing, slaughter

and eat everything around them. They wait for fish to swim by and shoot out their spear-like claws, stabbing and slashing anything in their wake. The fish is then dragged down into the murky depths and blood and displaced sand. At first the aquarium owner might notice a couple missing animals and think that maybe they are just hiding, really they are being digested in the belly of the beast. Removing this creature is no easy task, the mantis shrimp is known for being the last thing taken out of any tank, just because of its ability to hide so well and you don’t want your other pets hit in the crossfire with this monstrosity.
The Mantis shrimp is very efficient with the tools it has for killing.

Its eyes are renowned as the best eyes in the animal kingdom, as they are able to see ten times as many colors than humans and is able to see ultraviolet light. The claws move and blazing speeds, boiling the water around them as they move and creating light as they travel at the speed of a twenty-two caliber bullet. The claws come in two forms, clubs and spears. The clubs are designed to break and dismember shells of crabs or clams. The spears are self explanatory, they are used to stab at any fish within their range. There is one more hidden tool of its arsenal; there are serrated spikes hidden in the tail of the Mantis Shrimp, ready to slice open the flesh of anything trying to creep up on

it.
Some people own this beast as a pet, they are crazy enough to keep this killing machine on purpose.

Many of them regret it in the end. The mantis shrimp has been known to break the glass of its enclosure flooding the area around the tank and killing anything that dwells there. The shrimp is also known to attack anyone that attempts to touch it, this can result in terrible bruising or requiring stitches. Another way people regret having the Mantis shrimp is when they try to grab it from behind like a crab, only to have their hand butchered by the serrated blades in the tail. The owners can also be hunted by the beast; if someone sticks their hand in the enclosure the shrimp can mistake it for a meal, slashing and stabbing before the victim even realizes what happened.

Australia’s phenomenon of creating monstrosities has struck again. The mantis shrimp has all the necessary tools to kill everything in its path. It is brought into people’s aquariums and devours every living thing in sight. Owners regret having this beast, some the hard way, some even harder. The mantis shrimp has proved its ability to be the deadliest dang crustacean on the Earth. There is only one way to correct these

problems.
A dojo of sorts must be made, wild mantis shrimp must be caught, then trained to be the protectors of the undersea world. After the shrimp have been “rescued” from the wild; they will be taught how to refine their skills by a mix of martial artists and scientists. The shrimp will be taught morality and become vegetarians so no more killing is needed. Once the training is complete the mantis shrimp monks will be released into the wild to protect the wilds instead of destroying it. Fish that are weaker less able to defend themselves will have a retreat to be protected by shrimp ninjas.