i think the coolest thing would be to see a new color
right so theres this thing called the bullet shrimp
they have 16 colour cones in their vision
us humans only have 3
these things can literally see over 5 times as many colours as we can
literally they can look at what we would see as a completely black space and see thousands of colours we don’t even know exist
do you understand how fuCKING COOL THAT IS
not only that but they can punch a hole in an aquarium tank.
that’s pretty fucking radical.
not only punching through aquarium walls too
these little demon-spawn can punch so hard and so fast that
IT BREAKS WATER PHYSICS
their punches cause water to boil and create a bubble underwater, which kills its prey if it has contact with it, cooking them from the outside
BUT IT DOESN’T EVEN NEED TO MAKE CONTACT
the collapsing bubble sends out a shockwave strong enough to kill anything in a 10 cm diameter due to pure pressure
this fabulous sob is death incarnate and don’t forget that
Even better - the inside of that little bubble before it collapses is over 400 million degrees Kelvin, hotter than the surface of the Sun.
i am scared of a shrimp
Guys, that’s a peacock mantis shrimp.
Mantis shrimp are my FAVORITE THING.
swiftyuki- their mistake is an easy one to make, mantis shrimp can also do the claw thing with the same acceleration as the pistol shrimp. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp
I’m really aware about the claw thing. That only really happens if you piss them off enough or under other special circumstances.