Amazing Creatures: The Mantis Shrimp

5 Jul 2019

Amazing Creatures: The Mantis Shrimp

Amazing Creatures: The Mantis ShrimpHave you ever wondered how many colours exist in the world? Maybe we should ask the mantis shrimp.

The mantis shrimp can see the most amount of colours in the world, beyond our wildest imaginations!

Mantis shrimp belong to the family of crustaceans (like lobster, crab, etc).
 	They live in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between eastern Africa and Hawaii.
 	Though small in size, they are one of the strongest and fastest creatures in the sea (compared to their size).
 	When captured, scientists keep mantis shrimp in strong plastic tanks because their punch could break a glass tank!

Their most amazing feature - the eyes

The mantis shrimp can see colours that no one else can!

This is because the mantis shrimp's eyes can have 12 and 16 types of photoreceptors cells.
 	Photoreceptors help us see colours. The more photoreceptors a creature has, the more different kinds of colours they can see.
 	In comparison, human beings have only 3 types and dogs have two types.

So, can you imagine how a rainbow must look like to the mantis shrimp?

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