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BudmanTX
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they are, they are also a great tool to teach with especially if you have little ones. That's what i do with my grandkids. Everytime i find a moth, walking stick, mantis.....spider.....i use them as teaching tools of whats out there they don't see....
Roger A. Shrubber
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lot of improvements in photography since 69. that photo was taken from the Apollo orbiter at a height of about 70 miles.
the photo from the ISS was taken roughly 254 miles up.
Roger A. Shrubber
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is that one of those "snapping" shrimp? i saw on pbs or nature channel one day, they curl up, then pop open so fast they knock small prey loopy
BudmanTX
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big improvement since then......hey if you want to check out the rest of the landing sites all you need is a good telescope and a light deffuser...and you can see them yourself.....here is a map of them...
they're labeled too....each one
It's a Mantis Shrimp - they can have two types of weapons, the most common being the club that when deployed moves so fast that water vaporizes & a bubble will appear. The other looks more like a preying mantis "claw" - shrimp fishermen in Louisiana (and other places too) call them "Thumb Splitters" for obvious reasons.
Roger A. Shrubber
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fucked that crab up
BudmanTX
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crab didn't have a chance with those kinda guns....lol
WeedFreak78
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My buddy had a smaller one in his saltwater aquarium for a little while, you could hear it snap anywhere in the house. It never killed any fish, but it would stun them occasionally. I was always worried it was going to break the tank, cause it's an old glass tank. I tried getting my buddy to put his finger in front it it to see what it felt like,but he wouldn't and wouldn't let me put my arm in the tank. It couldn't be THAT bad if it wasn't killing tiny fish.
Roger A. Shrubber
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you watch that video ^ ? knocked a hole in the crab's back shell hitting it in the front....guess size matters
WeedFreak78
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I was wrong, he had a pistol shrimp, similar to the mantis, but not as powerful.
Actually Pistol shrimp aren't in the same Phylum as Mantis - and though the pistol's do make a very loud snapping they are not using it for hunting, I believe it is more a defense/communication mechanism.
macsnax
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At first I thought those stick bugs were what's left of a plant after trimming.
macsnax
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I'm in New Orleans on business, and today I went on a kayak swamp tour. I've been to Louisiana a few times, but I've never been in the swamp. It's another world compared to Colorado.
Sorry to the people with a poor internet connection. I follow this thread because of the cool pics and rarely share anything, so I thought I would contribute.
Sorry to the people with a poor internet connection. I follow this thread because of the cool pics and rarely share anything, so I thought I would contribute.
lokie
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BudmanTX
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you look like you had fun......thanks for sharing
yeah Louisiana is a completely different ball game....been crawfish hunting there, redfish hunting in the gulf, and gator hunting there......
macsnax
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I really want to come back and go for a gator with my bow, maybe next year if I have time.
