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Baltimore National Aquarium - 21 Nov 2015
Peacock Preying Mantis Shrimp
World's Deadliest: Shrimp Packs a Punch. The Peacock Mantis Shrimp looks like the praying mantis’s outlandish underwater cousin, with its loud rainbow shell and big, googly eyes. But this extremely aggressive predator doesn’t play around, smashing its way through crabs, mollusks and even the skulls of small fish. They push their prey up against a rock and start beating on it until their shells crack open, so swift that the club packs a second punch from a phenomenon called cavitation. The water gets squeezed out of the way and literally boils. In a millisecond or so, the bubbles collapse, forming a shock wave that helps to fracture and destroy the target.”
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5d Mark III, 1/200sec, f/2.8, ISO 12800, 200mm (EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM), extension tubes 12&20mm, LR5 processed with NIK Color Efex Pro 2.
1E5A0593
Baltimore National Aquarium - 21 Nov 2015
Peacock Preying Mantis Shrimp
World's Deadliest: Shrimp Packs a Punch. The Peacock Mantis Shrimp looks like the praying mantis’s outlandish underwater cousin, with its loud rainbow shell and big, googly eyes. But this extremely aggressive predator doesn’t play around, smashing its way through crabs, mollusks and even the skulls of small fish. They push their prey up against a rock and start beating on it until their shells crack open, so swift that the club packs a second punch from a phenomenon called cavitation. The water gets squeezed out of the way and literally boils. In a millisecond or so, the bubbles collapse, forming a shock wave that helps to fracture and destroy the target.”
To view more of my images, license this image or obtain prints, please visit my website gallery by clicking on the link below:
babybluesproductions.smugmug.com/Nature-Photography/Anima...
5d Mark III, 1/200sec, f/2.8, ISO 12800, 200mm (EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM), extension tubes 12&20mm, LR5 processed with NIK Color Efex Pro 2.