Mantis vs. HUGE Coral Banded Shrimp (Crustacean Wars VI)

[TheDarkscribe]

Coral shrimp: I think we can work this out peacefully. Here, why don't you just take my ENTIRE LEFT ARM? There ya go, I didn't need that old thing anyway! Monoplegia's the way to go nowadays! *derp face*

[MisanthropicKanoran]

Holy F! I want one! :D

[rejcted]

at 1:31 to 1:34 was that the coral shrimp hitting the glass?

[jasonshighway]

That mantis shrimp is just a beast! And lol at the fish @3:20

"whatcha guys doin huh? whatcha doin? oooh a piece of candy! buh bai!

[infringementMAN]

Did it just rip its own arm off to escape certain death?

Holy shit.

[monkydeansantana]

can anything stop it?............

[TheBAAADKitty]

WOO POKEMON!!!

[chunkylover817]

Lol no more claws left...yet the shrimp persists on getting close to the mantis...

[MLGJeRiCHo]

@chunkylover817

that because he has a savage attitude...he's a true hero...

stenopus ispidus <3

[boomsaway3]

triple kill

[Grogash]

Did it just place the shrimps head out on display??? DUDE I WANT A MANTIS! :D

[drratt]

Coral Banded shrimp: Look i give you my arm we cool now?

Mantis Shrimp: No!! Bitch i want the other one

[welshdude91]

He falcon punched.... his thingys.. off!

[AnarchySixx]

Fish: Damn nature, you scary!

[samuelshark6145]

very pretty challenger, whatever it is xD

[gehennamaggot666]

Nature's Chuck Norris.

[melbraymond]

Scary mutha!!!



[KarmaGundam14]

is that big shell that one hermit crab it ate? the one u got from that person who said it was do aggresive

[ExtremeToothDecay]

Yes.



[Lisztomania333]

The shrimp gave it's left claw to live, and the mantis ate it anyways. Damn.

[mophoplz]

Wow, did the coral banded shrimp just rip its own arm off??

[classdestructor]

3:51 trasspasers, be warned

[junkboy031]

I lost my claw in NOM...



[1974luciole]

most stupid banded shrimp i seen. literally ask the mantis to eat it

[MrThomasFaithfull]

3:21 Green Chromi: "Hey guys, What's up?"

[lottiesocks]

I like eating mantis shrimp it's one of best kind of sushi

[MrMegasaurass]

i like how the shrimp tried to attack the mantis AFTER it lost both its big arms

[DRFRUFFTW]

3:23

Fish: wtf is going on

[mattycanz]

Where can u get those

[timtimtimmaah]

This music makes it sound like the crustaceans are romancing.

[silver9000001]

I enjoy how the shell from the hermit crab is still in there.

[ExtremeToothDecay]

He used it to decorate his doorway.

[JhonnyDaemon]

@ExtremeToothDecay The original trophy of the wild.

[stormtroopercat]

that banded shrimp is one big fat coward.

[deadinthehed]

i like the little blue fish that keeps popping into view...

ohai guise, whats going on in this thread?

[SenseiSnowflake]

Damn nature, you scary!



[Siukaay]

2:00 Coral Banded shrimp: I'll give you my claw if you let me live...

2:04 Mantis shrimp (accepts offer)

2:35 Mantis shrimp: Haha I lied!

[ExtremeToothDecay]

Mantis cannot be trusted!

[MyL33TL3PwNy]

@Siukaay literally the funniest thing I've ever seen on youtube (and an A+ comment too) many, many lols

[shuwukong]

are they easy to keep? very sensitive to nitrate?

[ExtremeToothDecay]

They are easy to keep. I suspect not very sensitive to nitrate (at least in my experience), but you should look into it more if you are worried.

[MissMillerz]

:c

[willymac19]

1:29 And the kick is good!

[MrCuongT]

On 2:35 it was like a horror movie XD

[emerik12345]

i bought the same coral band shrimp and it was missing two arms and they both grew back now....

[Redbud201]

I like how he puts the head out front as a warning to the others.

[SubieSleeper]

Coral Banded Shrimp: 'Tis but a scratch!

Peacock Mantis: your bloody arms off!

CBS: No it isn't!

PM: What's that then!?

CBS: It's just a flesh wound.

[BusRush10Fo]

2:35 that was like a horror movie scene "Hmm, I wonder what his next move i--AAH!"

[Fused32]

3:21 Scared Chromis ...LOL your next

[Fused32]

3:28 the Chromis is like WTF

[SpearWieldingOctopus]

1:30 looks like the banded shrimp gets punted like a rugby ball

[zippo69]

2:58 Fuck, now what.

[ThePonk10]

Tore off his frikin arms!!!

[thexghost78]

mantis shrimp: gimme your money !

banded shrimp: no way dude go away

mantis shrimp: ima bash your skull in gimme your money!

banded shrimp: leave me alone man i just got here

*mantis shrimp thunder punches the banded shrimp*

banded shrimp: i aint got no money man take my arm take it please just take it

[shadowfaithx]

Here's your dinner !!!

Now let me live just before your breakfast !!

[HazukiLe]

Bloo fish is just chilling. :P

[MultiThat1dude]

@HazukiLe ikr

hes like "wats happing *sees shrim get pulled into cave* O_O fuck this im leaving"

[sacajamore]

lol@ NorCalCorey: Amazing animal!, thanks for sharing!

[kylaroxd]

i would like to watch mantis shrimp vs Piranha

[ExtremeToothDecay]

That would be difficult, because mantis are salt water and pirhana are fresh.

[kylaroxd]

@ExtremeToothDecay oh i didnt know...

[AceofDlamonds]

@kylaroxd

they are also not in the same weight class.

[sadistgear]

It was like watching a Judo master fight a insanely fast boxer

[alejandro0601]

2:40 "hey i thought we had a deal..!"

[RicoshetSC]

Flawless victory

[nomnomnom86]

"Here take my arm, just leave me alone!!!"

[SpYDer769]

3:17 :0

[TheNickyO]

If you also thought that maybe you might be the only one who loves eating shrimps so much.... The Mantis Shrimps likes shrimps too. Oh my!! Yummmmmmmmm!

[TheLiddleFishKeeper]

damn thats total rape right there people!

[DustMan2704]

if i was a coral bandit i would rather give up my arm than being completely killed by an mantis shrimp that uses hokuto shinken.

[UrsinHunter]

I like how the mantis litters the front of its hole with trophies of past victims. (the shell from the hermit crab)

[PKarklouse]

PLEASE! just take my arm and spare my LIFE!

[Infernosblu25]

please man wait! (ouch!) can we talk (ouch) about this?! (ouch!!) fuck it here. just take it and get out of here.

[cosmic1993]

coral shrimps all like, oh noes, okay take the damn arm ! D:

[arcticmaster10]

the coral shrimp gave his arm for free...

[darphinparis]

2:00 just take it and leave

[xxvolcomkidxx13]

hahaha the banded shrimp got one good nip a the mantis the he lost his arm he was drug in the the cave of death and lost his other arm..then his dissapered in to the cave of death and died

[thagonzp]

that banded shrimp pulled his own arm off and said fuck this man

[piggylord32]

YOU WANT MY ARM??? HERE JUST TAKE IT

[knoxklay11]

question, exactly HOW does a mantis shrimp attack? judging by its striking movement, it looks like its using something on its mouth to flick its prey REALLY hard to inflict damage. im currious, please respond.

[ExtremeToothDecay]

It has a hammer like weapon that it cocks and releases extremely fast.

[hmmakmal]

@ExtremeToothDecay something like a crossbow.

[CMFKMOB]

shrimp scampi

[rillera25]

2:40 GIVE ME MAH CLAW BACK!

[JessicaHeartsCain]

my mom has one of those coral banded shrimp. his name is Jacques

[HarithzBlizzard]

the shrimp use google 

[Cerulian15]

lol at 1:31 he knocked em soo hard he hit sumthin on the top...u can hear it.

[dana42078]

LMFAO! That was awsome!

[cpcomedy314]

These are amazing videos. I love the cool exotic animals man. Here in Canada, you're lucky if you see a big crab.

[12ozElephant]

HERE JUST TAKE MY ARM DUDE. I DON'T WANT ANY PROBLEMS MANNNN!!! :U

[pyrobob1315]

haha stupid coral banded shrimp...

[MinusG]

wtf? lol!!

2:00 he was just like "oww this hurts so much!!! -rip-

heres a snack, mr mantis"

[mastrwes]

lmao that fish was like " uuuuhhh... i didnt see anything just please dont eat me!"

[MrPilotstyle]

hosed.....

[Zappyguy111]

Sure, if I was going up against someone who could shoot (possibly) plasma propelled pockets of water, only with my claws that I could regenerate in a month. Heck, I'd just say take my damn claw, I choose life.

[ReefSiren]

Ha ha........take my arm, and not my LIFE! lolol Love the empty shell shot at the end. It's almost like he's showing it to you.....LOL

[NorCalCorey]

Coral bandit shrimps use their claws like lizards use their tales for defense, e.g. a distraction. Coral Bandits even sometimes loose them in shipping. They almost ALWAYS grow back.

[ExtremeToothDecay]

This one never grew back.

[GoatZilla]

@ExtremeToothDecay Are you SURE?

[Kyrogue]

@ExtremeToothDecay never had a chance

[malcontent]

@NorCalCorey F*cking crazy. It was like he was saying "Here... come onnnn... take it... commmmme onnnnnn take i..... aha I got.... no I don't Shit. Now you have one of my arms... RUN AWAY RUN AWAYYYYY." hahaha I was thinking that it must be done on purpose. He fucking ripped it off before he punched him that last time, in slow motion it is clear. I knew he had to have a reason. Thank you for clearing that up... I have homework to do and otherwise I would have been distracted by this all night.ha

[Railware]

I was really scared when he punched his arm off.

[omeane]

AVP

[crystalclearwolf]

Fish: "And the winner is....Mantis!"

[TheAsiantofu]

nice aquarium u got there

[mitchell527100]

how big was the coral banded shrimp head to tail

[ExtremeToothDecay]

2-3"

[mitchell527100]

@ExtremeToothDecay ok thanks



[Uberologist]

banded shrimp:here!...just take it!...lemme go!

mantis:om nom nom nom nom nom

[JruidTheDruid]

Holy F man hes right, that shrimp literally cut its own arm off and handed it to the mantis lol, shrimp had guts gotta give em that :P

[1fishfinatic3]

will it grow back?

[treemagnet88]

That shrimp was either suicidally inclined or retarded.

[ExtremeToothDecay]

Maybe he thought he could take the mantis. Only one way to find out.

[arachnidsrulz12]

look shrimp eating shrimp

[BudzMcgr33n]

@ 3:20 the coral banded shrimp is like, "But I don't wanna go into the CAVE OF DEATH!"lol

[DeltaMuffin]

boxing shrimps. love it

[shadow7989]

is there any predator of the mantis shrimp in nature??

[ExtremeToothDecay]

I know puffers eat them. I expect octopus do as well.

[rainbowmothra2000]

@ExtremeToothDecay I saw a documentary where a blue-ringed octopus killed a Mantis Shrimp by going around from the opposite end of the tunnel and injected venom. The shrimp was dead in an instant.

[ExtremeToothDecay]

Yeah, I read once that a blue ring has enough poison in 1 bite to kill 250,000 crabs.

[chorizo1337]

@shadow7989 puffers, eels, octopus (biggest nemesis), triggerfish, lionfish

[Balrock043]

i like how the fish was watching the coral baned shrimp get pulled in the burrow like O_O.. and took off

[Meto7411]

Its the Hermit crab shell from the last video lol

[D34DPO0L]

did the coral banded shrimp just give the mantis shrimp its arm?

[Swarmish]

It's said that they can feel pain, but not the way we feel pain.

Was an interesting fight, although I kinda feel bad for the shrimp though. I would've let it go after it tore its own arm off, that was pretty hardcore.

[zck20200]

Have you ever had you're mantis beaten?

[kapgunryda]

they grow they arms back. when the grow outta they're skin.

[HarryisI]

The mantis shrimp was always going to win. Especially when his opponent was so...

*Horatio glasses*

...harmless.

[ABTROGDOR]

yyyeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!!

[ivanchernichenko]

yeah it really looks like hes just like" here just take it i didnt like that arm anyway"

[matflix85]

He ripped off his own effing arm as a peace gift in vain! O.O

[jamesrichardson63]

very cool video...one of the coolest ive seen

[ShadowRaver]

my Thoughts at 00:30 .... this be a dead shrimp

[therushkin]

could you imagine how scary it would be if 10 of these fuckers attacked you while you were walking in knee deep water?

[FilthyFletch]

yo do know this makes you slightly disturbed to film these things right ? lol

[ExtremeToothDecay]

Nah, I was disturbed before I started filming them...

[Timmmmy86]

do u rekon the it feels pain, like when its arm got rpped off

[ExtremeToothDecay]

I do not.

[Malasia808]

@ExtremeToothDecay You are saying you don't believe they feel pain?

[ExtremeToothDecay]

That is what I am saying. But, of course, no one knows. That is just my guess.

The reason I guess that is because, it seems to me if crustaceans felt anything like "pain", they would not be able to rip thier own arms off.

[RangerRofl]

lol that freaking funny the comment and stuff the like here take it mantis wait i want other arm *munch* now body hehe

[thesparitan]

he take my arm just let me go

[Gigas0101]

@thesparitan Mantis Shrimp = THE ULTIMATE MUGGER! "Gimme all of your arms!"

[shizamza]

did he jua st take his arm off and hand it to him look closely its like WTF????

[drweird656]

hahahaaa it totally did...lol

[yumirox66]

holy CRAP

[SabotageV7]

Lol. The Coral Shrimp jerked his own arm off. He was like f*** this.

[tomagotchii]

the fish was like heys you need help buddy. fish was like oh shit never mind gotta run haha

[ExtremeToothDecay]

Heh. He was like, "I'm outta here!"

[o0Guns0o]

Wow his blow was still fast in slowmo to catch the blow when he ripped off the arm. At 2:00 the shrimp offers his arm in mercy.

[WiN429SkIlz]

thats mest up

[coolhud]

lol at the end the whole Coral banded shrimp disappeared. Into the mantis's Layer >:)

[CRITZKRIEG]

that nigga aint even trying

[ZanderArch]

The CLACK sound the mantis shrimp makes is awesome.

[unspokenrespect]

that shrimp will attack anything

[EpikStriker]

He blows his claw off.

Pwned.

[unspokenrespect]

It looked like he pulled his own arm off and gave it to him so he would show mercy.

[Malasia808]

@unspokenrespect He pulled it off so the mantis would be busy eating it long enough for him to get away, but since this isn't in the ocean he obviously couldn't.

[ExtremeToothDecay]

I agree that is a very plausible outlook that almost certainly would of worked in the ocean. Evolution is amazing. It is like a lizard leaving it's tail behind.

[MrBiffi]

@unspokenrespect guess he offered his arm to buy some time to get away

-> 3pic f4il in an aquarium

[DA4CE]

da shrimp had homefield advantage! lol dat was awesome!

[appleyeoman]

In a pet store i only saw some of a mantis behind a rock and thought he looked really neat... and wondered why he was in a tank by himself... i rubbed on the glass a little to get his attention and i found out why, i didint realize how big he really was, watching these videos makes me like them less than i did before, so much for a cute face these things are vicious... lol

[Weazell]

But why was it sticking around the cave opening when it knew the Mantis was there...?

[ziccy7]

its has nowhere to go the mantis has more than one cave

[Weazell]

That is absolutely insane. I've never seen anything like it.

[1122montana]

you know if you buy the king of the sea (Sharks) Vs Mantis. that would be a huge battle

[greenpepper96]

3:23 fish is like u guys shouldnt be fighting

[ddvs83]

Because if the branded did not then his whole body would have been dragged in. Collateral Damage.

[sirtubemaster]

@ddvs83 this is exactly right.you witnessed sacrifice for sake of living...shrimp would regrow it back anyways.....just like lizards loosing tails

awesome!

[bryngOneOn]

i just cant get my head round it, i've come back to watch it again, why would it pull its own claw off and pass it to the shrimp, i cant believe its that intelligence it's thinking "give it a little and i'll live to fight another day" you would think the last thing it would do would be to lay down its weapon and why then doesn't hide somewhere, it's really vexing me out, great video

[ExtremeToothDecay]

It is interesting, I agree. One wouldn't think the shrimp would be that intelligent.

I suppose it is just a technique the coral shrimp has evolved, and not "thought" (more of it's ancestors live to breed if they do this action when attacked, etc).

The mantis really was distracted for a long time playing with the claw. In the ocean, the technique would have worked for sure.

[Section014]

Not as intelligent enough to get off my dinner plate but that was a really really smart move for the shrimp.

well done.

[sirtubemaster]

@ExtremeToothDecay yup just enough time to scurry off to another hiding spot. its very cool. A lot of these same types of shrimp are still the exact same way they were millions of years ago...just smaller. If it aint broke dont fix it.

[Ryfasol]

Can the shrimp fight back or was it more of a punching bag?

[jdmturbozx]

can i have one of these baby shrimp in a glass tanks?

[GeorgieZillaFan]

2:33 aaahhhh let gooo

[RoflLolzzz]

UFC 111 MANTIS VS. LESNAR

mantis shrimp wins by ko. a huuuuuuge ko.

[RoflLolzzz]

at 3:00, the shrimps like, "ahhhh shit...."

[RoflLolzzz]

it looks like the shrimp pulls its own claw off at 2:14

[TERRORcop]

@RoflLolzzz yeah i think he wanted to give the mantis his arm to have a chance to flee

[evanesp23]

The shrimp purposely pulled his own claw off to give to the mantis as a defense move, then thought he could scuttle away. But this aint the open ocean and there is no were to run! lol

[desojandoxmargaritas]

That fish was like, "Hey guys what's up-- Oh.. shi.."

haha at 1:59 the shrimp like here take it