Large stomatopod spearing food...

A large Lysiosquilla maculata pair grabbing food from a feeding stick at the Berkeley research lab... Before you say the tank is too small, it is 75-100 gallons with a glass partition running the length of it.

Beware of holes in the ocean.

MORE INFO HERE : http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/crustacea/malacostraca/eumalacostraca...

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• lysiosquilla
• maculata
• stomatopod
• mantis
• shrimp
• berkeley
• research

[pizcobabe]

its not between 75 and 100 gallons..

[eliwoohoo]

@pizcobabe Look at the tank frame, not the sand bank partition for the entire tank size (0:14). I believe the aquarium was 60"x18"x20" but it may have been 48" long. The tank is located in VLSB at UC Berkeley, if you are an undergrad student there, you can go and measure it. If you weren't able to get into university there, you'll just have to trust that scientific researchers really have no reason to lie about aquarium sizes.

[MalaFe]

@eliwoohoo what room is it located?

[eliwoohoo]

@MalaFe Mantis shrimp are kept with the rest of Dr. Caldwell's specimens near his office. I believe its on the 3rd or 4th floor of VLSB, which you can only access by keycard. If you ask Dr. Caldwell, he may grant you a glimpse, but more than likely you will have to ask to do research with him before he will allow you access to his lab.

[freakoutguitarsolo1]

that tank is too small man wtf

[eliwoohoo]

@freakoutguitarsolo1 The tank is actually btwn 75 to 100 gallons with a mated pair of mantids as the sole inhabitants in a partitioned sand bank. Either way its not my tank, it is at the UC Berkeley VLSB research facility under the care of Dr. Roy Caldwell. I was just an undergrad helping him when I filmed this.

[Kerberoz01]

You should film it again with a high-fps camera lol

[Street8823]

wtf just happened???

[xDetroitMetalx]

I'll give you $150 to get hit by it while taping.

[BowHunt1229]

mother fuck that was fast