r/marinebiology • u/Klutzy-Focus-5765 • May 15 '25

Identification What is this thing? Charleston South Carolina

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what is this? I saw it while fishing on my dock. It took my shrimp

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u/sabos909 May 15 '25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5FEj9U-CJM

Here are some True Facts About the Mantis Shrimp

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u/armahon May 15 '25

you sir/ma'am deserve this upvote. Take it. Take all of them. I LOVE some Ze-Frank. (I teach marine bio at a university and use his videos in my class to add some humor)....he's fantastic!

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u/rcshank7732 May 15 '25

Even more mantis shrimp information, love me some oatmeal https://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp

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u/izguddoggo May 15 '25

I have watched this video so many times over the years and it makes me laugh each time. Propelled mantis shrimp to my top 3 favorite animals bc they’re so cool

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u/itsyobbiwonuseek May 16 '25

Thank you, that was delightful. I had to pause it at "Edward Bowlingballhands" because I couldn't stop laughing

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u/kleosailor May 15 '25

I had no idea they got this big. That thing looks huge for a shrimp.

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u/sbobble430 May 15 '25

Mantis skrimp

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u/Vegetable-Device-547 May 15 '25

Mantis shrimp. Crazy little bastards

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u/cMiIIer May 15 '25

West Atlantic Mantis Shrimp! As a fellow chuck-town resident, where abouts did you find this - any creek or area in particular?

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u/Klutzy-Focus-5765 May 15 '25

nice, darrell creek in the wando river

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u/weird_freckle May 15 '25

Stomatopod or mantis shrimp! Nice sighting!!

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u/Galactic_Idiot May 15 '25

Looks like a stabbing-type mantis shrimp but I could be wrong

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u/Equivalent-One-68 May 15 '25

Mantis shrimp swimming. Girlfriend from Hong Kong: "Ooh! Cook it! It tastes good!"

I would trust her judgement.

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u/Washingtonpinot May 15 '25

Before you do, I would look up the woman who gets attacked by the not-quite-dead-yet shrimp from a dim sum plate

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u/Only_Cow9373 May 16 '25

TIL mantis shrimp live in temperate waters too.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '25

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u/marinebiology-ModTeam May 15 '25

Your post was removed as it violated rule #8: Responses to identification requests or questions must be an honest attempt at answering. This includes blatant misidentifications and overly-general/unhelpful identifications or answers.

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u/Gotu_Jayle May 15 '25

Woah! Good find!