Mantis Shrimp (Gonodactylus Chiragra) Performing 5 Tricks

What a showman this guy is! The rumbling sound you hear in the background of some of the clips is my dryer. Sorry about that. As always, click the "HQ" button for higher quality if your bandwidth can handle it. Hm, I guess if you count the hole he is digging at the beginning, it is 6 tricks. No charge for the extra one.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Mantis
• Shrimp
• Gonodactylus
• Chiragra
• Crush
• Tricks

[Paucharka]

Seriously, does it hurt? Because if the punch is really as strong as they say, it should split your thumb in half

[ExtremeToothDecay]

It hurts, but it it is nowhere near the hype, which isn't surprising...

[Paucharka]

@ExtremeToothDecay I hear stories about how "Mr Mantis" breaks aquarium glass with a single punch, do you think maybe it wasn't hitting you with full force? Maybe it's smart enough not to "bite the hand that feeds it?"

[ExtremeToothDecay]

Those stories are greatly exaggerated. I have seen a monster chiragra (hardest hitting mantis there is) his extremely thin (2.5G aquarium glass) hundreds of times. He can't break it.

I am also aware of a bounty for any video showing a mantis shrimp breaking the glass of the aquarium it is in. I have tried many times under very silly circumstances (a mantis that barely fits in the aquarium, with super, super thin glass).

[DomBogey]

how bad does that hurt i just wanna know?

[ExtremeToothDecay]

One way to find out...

[IntangibleTurptitude]

It seems the majority of his tricks pertain to attacking things. I want one

[Paucharka]

@Paucharka That's interesting, thanks for the info. In that case, I guess the hardest thing he can break is clam shell (which is relatively hard)

[mattycanz]

Did your finger break.

[gir1598]

rofl

[Radzio2006]

god damnit !!!

[tippi4evah]

You think it could kill a person if it struck their temple? I heard it was the equivalent to a bullet.

Haha he must be intimidated by the filter XD