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The Brain has selected interesting
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sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our
fictitious experts based on their personalities.
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Angela Berkley,
High School Student
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Mantis shrimp are long, shrimp like crustaceans with sharp spines on the tail, two well developed eyes on short stalks, and long claws the fold neatly out of sight under the head.
Mantis shrimp have a body that is dorsoventrally flattened with a small, shield like carapace and a large, broad, segmented abdomen.
Hiding from predators also allows the mantis shrimp to lie in wait for passing prey.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Mantis shrimp brood their young from egg to hatching, under the abdomen.
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Phuong Nguyen,
Exotic Dancer
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The bait will attract the mantis, and when the shrimp enters the jar rapidly remove it from the tank.
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Rob Bruff,
Nightclub Bouncer
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Mantis shrimp are an awe-inspiring predator, being highly skilled and well developed for the role as a high level predator.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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On deeper dives you see giant barrel sponges which host mantis shrimps and occasionally large octopus, cuttle fish and guitar sharks.
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Billie Kirgan,
Machinist
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The grouping of mantis shrimp into spearers and smashers is based on two variations in the predatory claws, which is the second appendage.
Their prey included mantis shrimp and bristle worms, but also will eat desirables such as fan worms and feather dusters.
The Mantis Shrimp or Bristle Worm would become entangled and you could then proceed to net them out, although some find this works best for small Bristle Worms.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Mantis shrimp can either mate for life or come together only to mate, depending on the species.
So a mantis shrimp has been discovered in a reef tank, and it will not get along with the other organisms that are going to be kept there.
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