128K views · 2.9K reactions | The eyes of a mantis shrimp | Sierra Club | Facebook

Spearing Zebra Mantis Shrimp Mantis shrimp are truly spectacular predators of the marine world. Like a praying mantis, the mantis shrimp use a specialised pair of forelimbs to capture prey and are divided into the ‘spearers’, those that hunt by impaling their prey on spear like structures and the ‘smashers’ which smash their prey with powerful blows. To capture prey so effectively mantis shrimps have the most impressive eyesight in the animal kingdom. While humans have three kinds of colour-rece

19K views · 907 reactions | A little self-care goes a long way! The beautiful-yet-deadly peacock mantis shrimp has incredibly complex eyes, able to see in both infrared and ultraviolet spectra. With 16 color-detecting receptors compared to the three that humans have, it can see many more colors than we can. This mantis shrimp at Shedd was seen cleaning those incredible peepers! | Shedd Aquarium | Facebook