Here is a nice article on the complex vision system of our beloved Mantis...

http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArtic...tm_campaign=bio

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/lofiversio...hp/t135831.html

another cool article

When do you think they'll have this at long john silvers?

I sometimes see them in asian supermarkets.

Long video but good.

Skip to the money shot at 12:50. The mantis shrimp's strike is so quick and powerful that the cavitation bubbles it produces emit light and briefly reach a temperature as hot as the surface of the sun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHTTIg7HY80

Sick links.

Pistol shrimp also produce that cavitation bubble with their claw, which breaks to create the 'snapping' sound.