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Despite being only six inches long, pound for pound,
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he packs the biggest punch in the natural world.
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This is the peacock mantis shrimp.
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He's actually neither a shrimp nor a mantis,
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but stomatopod just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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This guy's biggest problem right now is real estate.
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There are more shrimps here than there are crannies for them to claim.
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In a hot market, you have to move fast.
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All that activity works up an appetite.
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Time to bring out the big guns.
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He's armed with the most sophisticated vision of any predator on earth
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and the fastest strike.
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His eyes work independently and together to better target his prey.
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These eyes detect more colors than any creature on earth
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and see polarized light.
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He closes in on his target.
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The mantis unloads the ace up his sleeve, hammer claws.
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His spring-loaded clubs strike 50 times faster than we can blink.
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For a moment, the surrounding water reaches the temperature of the surface of the sun.
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You heard that right.
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This crab is toast.
