Caught a weird sea creature while fishing....does anyone know what it is?

[maged_mmh]

mantis shrimps can get to 30cm long

 

[Digger54]

Am I correct that the strike of a mantis shrimp can generate a very audible "pop"? I saw a fellow once try to get one to strike to demonstrate this, but the shrimp was not in a cooperative mood.

 

[maged_mmh]

i've seen a camera dome snaps open by one of these, flooded in a second, poor lady gave up diving for the rest of the trip!

 

[Tigerman]

It is a mantis shrimp, aka thumb splitters. They can give you severe lacerations.

"Thumb splitter".. Now why does that give me the idea that I should keep my hands away from those things?

 

[Staticdiver]

the pet store here a tank with 3 of them they call them something else.they are much smaller tho. they are awesome looking.

 

[Noboundaries]

Man, that be one funky looking shrimp. If we found one on another planet it wouldn't seem so strange, but here it is right in our own ocean. I wonder what it has against thumbs? :11doh:

 

[Doc]

Mantis Shrimp is what they called, this is what they look like in the warmer Caribbean:

see the eyes?

what's this thing?

Looks more like the orig picture.

Notice the difference in the eyes? The second critter here has the same eyes as the orig image.
Are they both called Mantis Shrimp? Just found out that yes- they are.

 

[Staticdiver]

they look like fly eyes

 

[Hepcat62]

In the hands of a skilled sushi chef, they're also delicious.

 

[woodsandwatertoo]

WoW, thats awesome, never seen one before