Peacock Mantis Shrimp kills Blue-ringed Octopus

[RoyLCaldwell]

That was the point. The stomatopod ate the blue-ring with no apparent problems.

[klok95330]

the blue ringed octopus is supposed to be the most poisonous of all cephalopods. Its actually a predator of mantis shrimp. But in this case the mantis shrimp is clearly bigger. I wonder if it will get poisoned from eating it.

[18T220]

Blue-ringed Octopus looks really nice, shame its dead.

[KaoshimaCheshire]

@18T220 It is pretty-looking isn't it? Too bad one touch would kill you

[nickadiemus]

what a douche pickle

[cozcat42]

i want a poisonous cephalopod 

[MrAshley160486]

the blue octopus is not supposed to be poisonus !!!

[kissbutterkiss]

i ve tried mantis shrimp, it tastes quite nice.

[toblertwo]

What's it like working with Keanu Reeves?

[iliveon]

I'm pretty sure this was a one hit knock out. I am upset that he would inhumanely continue to brutally beat the shit outta him! lol

[nachorrico]

that little guy is a shrimp superhero, wish I had his super vision, his super strength, and super resistance.

c'mon science, do your magic, I want some super shrimp genes, and I want them for yesterday

[90Sephirot]

Fuck, the shrimp was giving like 1000 punch at second to the octopus xD

[BecauseIs]

The butthurt in some of these comments is outstanding.

[UFPAlexraptor]

74 people were brutally beaten by a Peacock Mantis.

[1000s]

it is nature of the beast weak dies and strong lives

[stealthballer]

What you folks giving this trash bag thumbs up for his torturing another animal.

octopus may be the smartest animal in the oceans, problem solving is on par with apes, which oh by the way, you are.

this retard just fed the smartest animal in the ocean to a cockroach, and he claimed science as a justification.

I hope someone feeds you to bugs, you fucking scumbag.

[KakuKachoO]

@stealthballer "This retard just fed the smartest animal to a cockroach, and he claimed science as a justification. I hope someone feeds you to bugs"

You fuss over feeding an intelligent animal to a bug, then go on to say that you wish the same thing would happen to him? Hypocrite much?

[stealthballer]

@KakuKachoO

intelligent beings feed each other to bugs?

implication was that he isn't an intelligent being(the video poster), I got cute with my wording and I apologize for that if it was ambiguous.

[saintlybastard]

@stealthballer Oi! Cockroaches are people, too!

[stealthballer]

the funniest fucking part of this bullshit "science" video is that you use the common name, which as a man of science you would know that there are about 50 different common names for the common fucking mantis shrimp.

You tortured an animal, on purpose, and claimed science as your excuse. Science doesn't put random animals in a tank to get massacred, scientists measure toxicity levels then the establish a base line and work from it. No kinda science throws a random specimen to be destroyed. FU

[MAXIMUS23556]

could u make an anti-venom for humans, on the knowledge how they protect their self?

[onehand1nubb]

i love how the person who posted this video is 100% clear about the fact that they are testing the mantis shrimps ability to counteract the TTX neurotoxins. The reason this is something of interest, and well worth spending money to investigate, is that a tiny blue ring like this carries enough venom to kill 26 adult human beings. i.e. this experiment has the potential to help save lives if we can figure out how the mantis shrimp is capable of counteracting the poison.

[joedlang]

This is incredible. I know that the octopus possesses an extremely powerful neurotoxin that it sometimes uses to hunt with, so how this shrimp manages to defeat that would indeed be a fascinating thing to find out. Great clip.

[frostyspoonrs2]

D: THAT POOR BABY OCTOPUS.

[EvulNoob9]

@frostyspoonrs2 Not a baby octopus, Blu-ringed octopus only get that big. Deadly though :S

[stealthballer]

@EvulNoob9

no stupid, the get about 10 times that size, that was very clearly a juvenile, and as such served absolutely no scientific purpose, no matter what this animal killing sadist says. 

[EvulNoob9]

@stealthballer Actually Blue-ringed octopus are small, i don't know if that is full sized but they definitely don't get 10 times bigger.

[kyanwan]

"How the stomatopod deals with the TTX chemical defense of the octopus is an area that my laboratory is currently investigating"

I wonder how many millions of federal funds go into this ~clearly important~ research.

[tepidtamale]

looks like rape.

[demonflayme6]

RUN FORREST RUN!! THAT SHRIMP'S GONNA GETCHA!!!

[stealthballer]

fuck you for murdering a blue ring you asshat.

mantis shrimp are trash, and so are you for doing that. DICK.

[rickross2231]

@stealthballer

totaslly agree. coral reefs and fish are disappearing becuase of dweebs like this. dislike.

[BigfootIsReal4Realz]

Shrimp comes out. My reaction: DAMN LOOK AT THAT SOM' BITCH GO! HE MOVIN' FAST! Shrimp gets octopus. My reaction: THAT THING COME BY MY HOUSE I KILL IT! Shrimp drags catch into tube. Reaction: THAT LITTLE HENTAI LOOKING THING JUST GOT ATE! DAMN NATURE, YOU SCARY!

[CeliaAnne2010]

yuck...that was not a fair fight at all!! Why did u let that HUGE shrimp kill that tiny little octopus?? Or did u batter fry the shrimp later?

[TheChalkTalk]

I find this funny because the shrimp was like "I'm too fast for ya eh?" and the octopus was like "Ohhh SHIT"

[rlmast]

i was gunna say isnt that thing highly poisonous...! very interesting

[lamarco18]

Beat the fuck out of that octopus

[DeathAndMajesty]

These are some bad ass critters.

[bee8042]

u should just gave the oct yo me

[DecoyRunner]

i would kill the shrimp if it killed my octopus

[dragonslayer124120]

@DecoyRunner it can break ur finger with those powerful claws

[PIEOSTEAL47]

The blue ring octopus quotes"please dont hurt me"

The mantis shinp quotes:I'm going to eat you"

[scrobTV]

What a great visual demonstration of the dumber creature killing the smarter one. – “Do not disturb my circles!”

[xXik3uXx]

EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING HIYYYYA !

[BigBlue0002]

Mantis shrimp to octopus; "It's 'hammer-time'..." as it pummels the octopus senseless and drags it into its' lair.

[troubledseed]

Press 9 For instant Oh Wow!

[Matuggertug]

poor octopus

[MarlonTheMonster]

Octopus got mugged!

[calledforwar]

yay science!

[Randomeguy12]

Put a bigger one with it the see what happens!

[valvados9286]

seems like there's a lack of appreciation for the mantis shrimp in these posts. where is the reef community?

[darya139]

you wasted your money on a beautiful intelligent octopus for a stupid shrimp

[Jamieisteh1337]

Poor octopus, they're very intelligent and deserve better than being fed to some giant shrimp.

[Raydogg1234]

Thats wat she said

[509734]

That shrimp, when dipped in pure eggyolk and then deep fried with herb breadcrumbs, is the tastiest thing one can put into one's mouth

[houseofclublondon]

ewww it looks like a overgrown sea caterpillar

[21evilgrizz]

how does the octopus poisen work? is it in glands or is it produced instantaneously?

[mattthecow1]

wanna fry that damn shrimp and eat it XD

[TheStickofWar]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW­WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW­WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW­WWWWWWWWWWWW

poor octopus.. why not give it a dead one not a living one >.>

[nxtsumo]

@TheStickofWar lol blue rings are more deadly to humans than that peacock mantis shrimp loli d rather have the shrimp alive

[minkusink6]

fact: if people had mantis shrimp strength, we could punch with the force equivalent to a 3.0 earthquake

[510Anonymous]

Hey, although this video is interesting, I'd advise you not to feed octopi to mantis shrimp. They're capable of feeling pain and are very intelligent. Nice study, though.

[steezykevin001]

dam nature your sacry

[maarakailet1]

Do they actually eat the salivary glands? Any bits left off the octopus?

[SaugaProductions]

falcon PUNCH!

[MyWitwit]

Poor little octopus

[NOMover9000]

hmm it was deliberately keeping the mouth away from it self and rolling the octopus around so it oculd be hurt, smart guy

[acuradan623]

C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!

[y9pema]

was that not an expensive meal?

[hhjk377]

that octopus got punched the fuck out

[RJMelendez82]

Lmao... He does sound like Quagmire, lol

[WhothehellisHeather]

The guy who said oh wow sounded like quagmire (or how ever you spell it) off family guy

[tonyy33055]

Were did you get the blue ring from. I'm looking to get or buy one but don't know were.

[ffffaffff]

I didn't know Keanu Reeves was there! Oh, wow.

[buffett19]

what the hel* is your problem puinting a small thing with a huge shrimp!

[Appclypse]

@buffett19 it's called science

[Sargethepyromaniac]

That takes GBH to a whole new level.

[tillaylomo]

is Blue-ringed Octopus poisonous?

[RoyLCaldwell]

The mantis shrimp ate the blue-ring with no ill effects. That was the point of the experiment. We are trying to find out if/how stomatopods deal with the toxin that blue-rings possess.

Roy

[joushpop]

@RoyLCaldwell isnt mantis shrimps also venomous and on thing how big can as mantis shrimp get

[joushpop]

@RoyLCaldwell sorry for misspell words using my phone with tiny buttons

[suvattii]

@RoyLCaldwell

Amazing i just seen a program on them and how fast they stike but nowere did it say it could touch a blue ring octopus, the best shrimp in the world

[stealthballer]

@RoyLCaldwell

no you're not, you're killing blue rings for giggles. real science uses exact amounts and controls and all kinds of shit based off the scientific method, any 9th grader knows you don't throw an octopus in a tank and call it science.

What's the variation between toxicity in Blue rings? are they all the same, what about agression? any other number of variables. You threw a random octopus in a tank to be murdered, don't you dare claim science as a justification.

[Aikwood666]

Yeah, the figth was far from over. I dont know mutch aboat how this extreemply poisinus octupus+s venom effeckts the MantisChrimps system, but i wpuld guess it would not have a grate effekt on the MantisChripmp, if it ate the octipus. Funny to see the MantisChrimp trye to crack sutch a soft target. But in the end, i would have to put my money on the MantisChrimp. Dont think the poor octypus stands a chanse agenst all those sharp legs, and of the MantisChrimp only used those Mantis-arms....

[AceofDlamonds]

@Aikwood666

The Mantis Shrimp was no effected by eating Octopus flesh.......a few other animals prey on blue ringed octopus........they aren't untouchable or something......just intimidating.

[LyleVertigo]

Mantis Shrimps are badass, don't mess with them!

[TheSlykboy]

Woooaah! That's a wicked turn of predator into prey!

[chloealyssamei]

pwned

[AlmightyEddie123]

aw maaan..that was a beautiful but deadly octo maaan lol..nice shrimp too

[Lonefuzzy]

Are you still looking grad students for next September?

[rafflesia]

WOW, look at that guy go. O_O I feel sorry for the octopus, but that's nature's way; the way it must be. Both of those species are gorgeous, fascinating, awe-inspiring...and very dangerous.

[Colmkid2002]

i hate that peacock mantis shrimp.

[bretshark10]

Where did you get the octopus?

[sunlun123]

i though that spieces are poisonous

[SingJiya]

That was a expensive demo

[2010LILROSS]

FATALITY



[vsboy25]

Those peacock mantis shrimps have razor sharp claws and is trying to rip the blue ring octopus apart fast so it does not gets hit with the venomous proboscis of the octopus because it would be dead within a minute, the blue ring octopus has venom 100 times stronger then cyanide.

[humanityexists]

Im guessing its like chocolate for the shrimp. Just like humans can eat chocolate but chocolate will kill dogs.

(extremely vague comparision)

[Mahbu]

Have you made any findings on how the mantis shrimp seems to resist the poison?

[MrFrank1968]

Is the shrimp immune to the TTX?

[Esinololly]

Mantis Shrimp are the Honey Badgers of the Shrimp Kingdom

[994206]

The poor octopus is fishfood which has just been dropped in the tank. What do you expect? Looking at the size of i'ts opponent it's a fore gone conclusion, it's no surprise.

[boomsaway3]

dont u get porioned if u touch the rings and how the fuck did u get that octopus

[bakedpeachpie]

Interesting, I was unaware of toxic species of octopus.

[jreid9001]

@bakedpeachpie Some of them are extremely venomous, the blue-ringed octopus has significantly more toxin available than is needed to kill a human.

[asianjigga14]

yummm squid rings

[RoyLCaldwell]

The toxin in blue-rings is lethal to humans.

The octopus was quite alive.

[mogur00]

@RoyLCaldwell why do u say in all ur comments that the octopus is alive , but in the video description you say "killing and eating" ......... ????

[dreamsinmonochrome]

@mogur00

Hmm, because it would have to be alive to be killed? And that the stomatopod probably was killing it with the intention of ingestion?

[mogur00]

@dreamsinmonochrome oh i get it... he meant it was alive at the START of the video, as opposed to being dead before the lobster thing attacked it.... just confusing using a basic past tense phrase to talk about a video, as once you've watched the video you could talk about the whole video in past tense. ANyway. gotcha! :D

[HyperXcube]

I thought that Octopus could kill a human with its venom

[wolf3047]

@HyperXcube They can, but the shrimp has an exoskeleton. Plus, the octopus didn't have time to bite the mantis shrimp.

[jsbachflute]

octopus looked dead from begining

[illadin12]

take that tenticruiel!

[micmoable]

one mean shrimp==ha!

[BallisticTomato]

Um, tentacle rape in reverse?



[tsavneej]

Bitch!yo venom aint gonna kill me!

[TheElephant79]

Wow, they go at it Man !

[jonndol]

That's octopus is too small and no match for the mantis shrimp, let's what happens if you put a medium sized one...

[RoyLCaldwell]

It has a pair of serrated mandibles.

[lilsk8erbro]

POW! Right in the kisser.

[DOX9500]

*tickle tickle tickle*

....

*FALCON PUNCH!*

[RoyLCaldwell]

The blue-ring was quite alive. The initial strike "shocked" the nervous system causing the muscles to contract and the arms go rigid. One of the diagnostic characters of the genus Hapalochlaena (blue-rings) is that they have a greatly reduced ink gland and do not ink.

[gojirafan430]

@RoyLCaldwell what is the shrimp's mouth shaped like? does it have mandibles or does it just have a mouth like a crab?

[hitideaquariums]

I have kept several species of octopus on captivity, and I have my doubts that this specimen was living. The fact that this one didn't ink is suspicious. Also, even after an octopus dies, the tentacles will move around and the suction cups will randomly stick for several minutes. I have no doubt that a mantis of that size could kill a small octopus, but my money says this guy put a dead or dying or octopus in the tank and is bs-ing.

[Blueburryman13]

that is so freAkin cool!

[crowarc]

jAB JAB hook hook your gonna get up huh! jab jab hook hook ding ding ding ding

[musichider]

Tickle Tickle Tickle

[Timespartan111]

octopus got jumped

[JacobyChitown]

Wasn't expecting this clip to be so violent. 

[wonderj95]

may fight like a mantis, but peacock? hell not that thing is ugly as fck

[JackingtonGold]

Hehe guy at the end is snake from simpsons... bloody bastard!

[caldwell20066]

my name is Caldwell too :D

[musicgu7]

So sad :(

Such a beautiful creature (even though deadly) did not need to die like that. You could have extracted the venom om cut a tissue sample (as I understadn it octopus can grow back even limbs) rather than let that thing die like that.

[RoyLCaldwell]

The Hapalochlaena lunulata came from commercial exporters in Cebu. It was very much alive.

[CombinationTrickshot]

where did you get the octopus from and was it alive when u got it, PLEASE REPLY

[best2nothing]

Shrimp said you on my property and you pay the price

[vinceat852]

now, if only james bond put one into the octopussy's tank, that'd make the movie a lot shorter, but wouldn't that make it a tragedy? XD

[RoyLCaldwell]

That was the dogma until recently. It turns out that there are high concentrations of TTX in the skin, ovary and other internal tissues.

[BenPN1000]

I thought these were venomous rather than poisonous.Surly its beaks far to small to penetrate the shrimps armor whilst its getting battered and if eaten the venom would be digested.What I'm saying is rather than simply putting them in the same tank and causing a nasty death would it not be possible to simply extract the venom and then carry out the experiment,its only a chemical produced by bacteria in its saliva.

[tribalisation]

@BenPN1000 exactly what i was thinking a few months ago. Concerning octopus ethology, does caldwell even know whether it released any venom? I understand that the octopus has two types, one of which it releases into the water around its prey and the other more deadly which it injects, presumably with its beak. Was the water tested to see whether there was any trace of poison in it? If so, which poison, and what use is it to test the least venomous of the two if it has no effect on humans?

[tribalisation]

Also posting this type of video on youtube is not very good science in my opinion. Try some of the websites in your field maybe.

[BenPN1000]

@tribalisation Perhaps the guy will reply and answer our questions,again if it is the venom in the water being tested you'd imagine they could have carried out the experiment without the octopus being present.You could worry it until it releases the venom then remove it and put the mantis shrimp in,you'd have to be able to test the water for venom otherwise it would be unscientific as you would have no proof venom was present.Well science is about questioning things and we've done that.

[mrrogue72]

Amazing, this MUST be a lab setting. Killer job. Where the hell did you get the Blue Ringed, got any box Jellyfish while you're at it.

[NiccoloBrentley]

you call that a study where do you get off putting those 2 in the same tank

one small thing about the ocean the blue ring could flee like it tryed to in the first place ./

[NiccoloBrentley]

you asshole where do you get off putting those 2 in the same tank

[mrrogue72]

@NiccoloBrentley read the description, it's for science

[linnywinnie5]

he pull him into hsi shrimp den 2 get rape :(

[nubianjoker]

Come on, that not a shrimp(LOL), thats a double black Jiu-Jitsu master trap

in a frame of a lobster! F*ck the Gracie's gym and the Chuck Norris informercials, I want to train study in that tank!!!

[spaziPenguin]

holy shit

[JhonnyDaemon]

I think he flicks his hammer. That's the only way to explain the strength of the punch. Tension release.

[Mahbu]

Clearly the Mantis shrimp is the chuck norris of the animal kingdom and in reality, what we believe is a "falcon punch" may in fact be a roundhouse kick. Or perhaps a combination of the two.

[ikir14]

so you are involved in neuroscience research?

[Dialgadude]

The two most uncanny sea creatures ever fighting? 0_0

My life is complete.

[MrPimpwalker]

How the hell did you get one of the most venemous creatures in the world in your fish tank??? haha

[roxskullrot]

is it real that the peacock mantis shrimp packs a strong "punch" in its attack??

[MrThomasFaithfull]

The guy that says "Oh Wow" at the end sounds like duffman :sss

[megaman616]

it just beat the crap out of the octopus

[Charizardforever1384]

HHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH

9 REPETITIVELY = BUTTRAPE!!!!!!!!! HAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHH

[SuperDano79]

Your an ahole for doing that pu@@y

[KaoshimaCheshire]

@SuperDano79

1) You obviously didn't bother to read the description to see the reason he did this.

2) It's okay to say pussy on the internet. Your mommy isn't here to wash your mouth out.

[MikeGholic]

aw man thats a tight octopus, i dont know what id rather keep, the peacock mantis or that O ring octopus, wouldnt wanna stick my hand in the tank either way

[Necr0Cys2topsY]

Wow amazing how the shrimp ate that poisonous octo

[troubledseed]

If you want to LYFAO Keep pressing 9... press it like 50 times it starts getting either funny or annoying,

[Jaso4444]

tickel tickel

[SharriLorraine]

oh wow

[dragonballgt132]

Thumbs up if you thought the poisonous blue ringed octopus would win

[Spriggan80]

thx for share nice video

[benmummyzxc]

If the blue ringed octopus was the peacock mantis shrimp size,blue ringed octopus wins.But in its' baby small size.this speech

BRO:I'm venomous dude.Get the hell out of my way

PMS:Whatever,*tackles*

[TheAntifantastic]

I'm considering getting a Mantis Shrimp, those creatures are BADASS...

[zicescreamz]

last meal XD

[GalatasaraySevdalisi]

ohhh woooooowww  xD

[aeropostalbaby1]

wow. youre an asshole. you don't deserve to keep pets

[KaoshimaCheshire]

@aeropostalbaby1 Read the fucking description you teenybopper. He's a biologist doing a study on how mantis shrimp are resistant to the blue ringed octopus's toxin. Jesus fucking christ it's only on this page 50 god damn times. Fucking READ.

[wut6]

@aeropostalbaby1 it's not a pet buddy, it's an animal in a research lab testing how Blue Ringed Octopis' TTX poison (which can kill a human in under an hour) seems to have little effect on a mantis shrimp.

[MrWavyDavyBoy]

what a waste

[TheWolGuide]

The Octopus: AHHH help!!! im getting raped by this guy with testicles as legs!!

[RoyLCaldwell]

It could not eat all of it, but it could kill an animal that size. Blue-rings contain enough toxin (TTX) to kill several humans.

[elesararwos]

So in this case how could that small octopus eat that large mantis shrimp? It just doesn't seem feasable.

sorry I'm not a scientist

[howlsey96]

I think the guy that says "oh wow" sounds like snake off the simpsons