Imagine you are in your backyard and you say to your friend, “You better stand way back for my high fastball because I have the power of a shrimp.” Your friend chuckles and says, “Well that means I better stand right in front of you.” You quickly throw the ball, and it flies way out into space. Typically, the word, “shrimp,” indicates that a person, animal, or object is meager or weak. However, a shrimp that is actually no shrimp at all has the ability to become the top pitcher in the world. However, there are many other unique creatures as well that possess special, almost unbelievable qualities that enable them to survive. One, the above fantastical Mantis Shrimp is a stomatopod, which is a distant relative to crabs, shrimp, and lobsters. Stomatopods began evolving independently from other crustaceans nearly 400 million years ago, about 170 million years before the first dinosaurs appeared on Earth. Mantis shrimp are approximately four inches long and their eyes can see six images at once. They use clubs that are more like elbows than fists to punch their prey (with the force of a bullet shot from a 22-caliber gun). Because the Mantis Shrimp is so fast, its punch results in something scientists call a cavitation bubble, a …show more content…
If battle ensues, suicidal ants will actually self-destruct. They have two large glands that run the entire length of their body, and when they are stressed, the ant contracts its abdominal muscles causing the glands to explode, spraying poison in all directions. In other words, the six-legged blast-ended ant grabs onto the invading enemy and squeezes itself to death, literally blowing itself up and spritzing a deadly sticky yellow goo everywhere, killing both intruder and the ant. The ants end up permanently glued to the opponent because the compounds are very sticky. Researchers can almost never observe them because they explode as soon as their hair is
Al Dhaheri, S. and C. Drew. 2003. Guide for the Management of the Brine Shrimp (Artemia Franciscana) at Al Wathba Wetland Reserve. Terrestrial Environment Research Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The North American brine shrimp goes through several stages in development before reaching adulthood. The brine shrimp is first encased in a protective capsule within a female brine shrimp’s brood sac (Drewes, C, 2006). Here, egg development rapidly...
The body of the shrimp is two parts the thorax which is the body and the head , the body pieces are connected by the cephalorax and a narrow abdomen. The mouth if the shrimp works with the gills so they can be used. Shrimp have a hard shell that keeps everything together and protects them, its legs, eyes, and rostrum grow out of the hard shell. The use their nose or a sharp peak which there there basically the sing thing to protect their self from all the bigger and other animals it come in contact with and it sticks them with and it has a length that the shrimp lets out to be able to reach where the shrimp wants to get the other animals. Shrimp have some similarities to fish like when they travel, breed, and eat its usually done in schools (schools area group of the species). A (shrimp) single female is capable of producing a large number of offspring, one shrimp can lay up to one million eggs in a single session, take two weeks to hatch it takes two weeks to
Ants form colonies that range in size from a few dozen predatory individuals living in
Osmoregulation is an example of an organism maintaining homeostasis. More specifically, osmoregulation involves an animal regulating osmotic pressure, or its fluid content. Brine shrimp, Artemia, use osmoregulation to regulate the saline levels of fluid within their body. Because brine shrimps live in seawater, an environment with a high saline concentration, they must actively excrete excess salt. Brine Shrimps use metepipodites as the location of the ion pump which secretes sodium. This is an active transport of ions because it is moving against the gradient, a higher salt content outside the body. The two following studies describe the environmental conditions ideal for brine shrimp and the possible genetic explanation for the osmoregulation of brine shrimp, respectively.
L. humile is a very aggressive ant species. They will raid, immobilize and sometimes kill native ants (Zee and Holway 2006), even when unprovoked. This is a key component of L. humile’s ability to displace native ant species. A study by Zee and Holway monitored potential raiding behav...
Fishes have gills, eyes, mouth, tail, scales and fins, but most importantly they make great apartment pets. Having a betta fish is better than having a goldfish when it comes down to the cost of food, maintenance, and lifespan.
You can learn here on how to get rid of flying ants once you know your pests aren’t termites.
Brine shrimps are crustaceans, relatives of fairy shrimps and water fleas. They are also related to lobsters, shrimp and crabs. There are several species of Brine Shrimp including San Francisco, New England and Mono brine shrimp. All of these species belong to the genus Artemia and the family Artemiidae. Brine Shrimp live in adverse and harsh environments such as salt lakes. They could experience high salinity, low oxygen levels, short days or temperature fluctuation. Brine Shrimp provide food for birds along their migratory path. They also rid the water of contaminants like phosphorous, nitrogen and other waste. They are filter feeders and consume various species of algae. In the classroom, placing the Shrimp in natural light will work best. To feed them, add a pinch of baker’s or brewer’s yeast once a week. If the Brine Shrimp will be kept in small tanks, the water quality will deteriorate quickly. Changing the water by 20% twice a week will
I didn’t need much more to fall in love with its colors. The mantis shrimp is just spectacular with its colors, forms, eyes, and legs. Having read the previous strips, however, I wasn’t sure that the mantis shrimp was real, those two photos presented the needed evidence that mantis shrimps do exist. Trying to contain my amazement, I scrolled down, and I continued reading. Inman went on to show the mantis shrimp not as a peaceful being but as the most violent sea creature because it has “two raptorial appendages on the front of its body” which make it very sturdy (Inman, 2016). It engages in supercavitation which is a process that boils water around the mantis shrimp’s limbs and creates an undersea shockwave that kills its preys (Inman, 2016). The mantis shrimp mainly dismembers its preys and eats them. While it isn’t advisable to put a mantis shrimp in an aquarium because it can kill all living creatures in it and can even break the aquarium glass, the mantis shrimp according to Inman is his new favorite animal for several
To start off, the horseshoe crab lived 200 million years before dinosaurs. What’s astounding is that while dinosaurs have become extinct, the horseshoe crab is still alive and well today (Horseshoe Crab:Saint Louis Zoo). Next is that it might not seem like it, but this critter is actually a predator. The crab likes to feed on things such as small clams, crustaceans, worms, algae, and other animals (Steel). Furthermore this animal is also known as the king crab. Finally the male horseshoe crab is actually shorter than the female the crab. The male is about 14-15 inches long from head to tail, while the female is measures in to be 18-19 inches long (Horseshoe Crab
Besides just background information, I would like to find out how big they can get, and how long they can live. Also, I want to know how they produce their offspring, and how big their offspring are at birth. As well, I would like to find out what they eat, and who their predators are. Answers to these questions will give me a better understanding of manta rays, and hopefully make my experience will them more fulfilling.
Have you ever wanted to slap eight people at once? Or if you're more of a mushy, touchy, feely person, have you ever wanted to hug eight people at once? An octopus can do either or both of these if they want to! So you know an octopus is lucky being able to do this but what's an octopuses habitat? Since they can slap eight things at once do they have predators? Or since we're on the facty facts subject where do they live?
Ants, Little but Mighty. What is an ant? Ants are insects, they have six legs and each leg has three joints. Ants legs are very strong.
The Oatmeal makes an astonishing discovery and decides to share this information with the public. He published a book for this proposed title, “WHY THE MANTIS SHRIMP IS MY NEW FAVORITE ANIMAL.” In this novel, the authors outline the distinctive features and beauty of this warm and shallow water dweller using graphic text. In other words, in depicting why mantis shrimp is his or her favorite animals, the authors use different word sizes, texture, images, photos and varied character sizes to emphasize the strange nature or conflicting duality of this cherish animal. I must admit I am not a lover of colorful features and not to talk of graphic text.