How to Use mantis shrimp in a Sentence

mantis shrimp

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  • Imagine trying to build a TV that looks right to a mantis shrimp.
    — Thomas Cronin, University Of Maryland, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2018
  • Keep your distance from mantis shrimp, and make sure your pets do too.
    — Shannon Marvel McNaught, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2022
  • One species of salamander, the pearl moth caterpillar, and one species of mantis shrimp can all do the same.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2011
  • But perhaps that’s not giving the mantis shrimp enough credit.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 14 June 2018
  • The peacock mantis shrimp, a relative of crabs and lobsters, throws a punch at 50 miles per hour, which is faster than a .22 caliber bullet.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Three-year-old An Biên specializes in Haiphong-style seafood, like thick bánh da noodles in a rich crab-and-pork broth, or plump mantis shrimp to dunk in a bubbling hot pot.
    — Peter Jon Lindberg, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2018
  • The peacock mantis shrimp is neither peacock nor mantis nor shrimp, but is ALL awesome.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2012
  • The final shot of the mantis shrimp with eggs landed him an honorable mention in the macro category.
    — Eva Amsen, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The researchers measured the mechanical properties of each layer and made a model of the mantis shrimp’s punch.
    — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2018
  • The mantis shrimp were collected from burrows in seagrass beds along the Caribbean coast of Panama.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Can a mantis shrimp and a crocodile teach us about building trust and the strength of vulnerability?
    — cleveland, 20 July 2021
  • Leave it to the multi-talented mantis shrimp to unlock the secret to underwater GPS.
    — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Strike mechanics of an ambush predator: the spearing mantis shrimp.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 Nov. 2012
  • The mantis shrimp is famous in the animal kingdom for its fast, powerful hammer strike, on par with the force generated by a .22 caliber bullet.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The mantis shrimp is one of evolution's greatest hits—literally.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Ever the Marvel fan, Mikel-Stites pushed for Dazzler, who has sonoluminescent powers (think the sonic shock wave produced by the powerful snap of a mantis shrimp's claw, writ large).
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2018
  • Remarkably, two mantis shrimp can duke it out and remain unscathed afterward.
    — Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian, 13 July 2019
  • From a playful-looking stoat to a mantis shrimp guarding its eggs, the animal subjects in the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards are captivating.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The kangaroo was a particular hit, but other animal builds in the kit include a leopard, mouse, boar, monkey—and a mantis shrimp, complete with leg-like swimmerets.
    — Michelle Z. Donahue, Smithsonian, 26 Nov. 2019
  • The brightest student in class responded within seconds with an image of the mantis shrimp, which possesses infrared vision.
    — Avi Loeb, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Researchers discovered that the brain of mantis shrimp contains memory and learning centers, called mushroom bodies, which so far have been seen only in insects.
    — Giorgia Guglielmi, Science | AAAS, 6 Oct. 2017
  • And many animals, from mayflies and mantis shrimp to lizards and bats, can perceive the polarization of light, a helpful navigation cue that, among other things, can be used to determine the position of the sun on overcast days.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021
  • They are eaten by virtually any reef predator—fish, mantis shrimps, crabs, even some predatory mollusks.
    — Jennifer Hayes, National Geographic, 23 May 2019
  • According to the paper, predatory fish caught near the whales were stuffed with mantis shrimp, stomach contents that matched those of a humpback whale studied in 1990 that died after getting entangled in rock lobster fishing gear.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 13 Mar. 2017
  • The beetle study is part of an $8 million project funded by the U.S. Air Force to explore how the biology of creatures such as mantis shrimp and bighorn sheep could help develop impact-resistant materials.
    — Marion Renault, Star Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Fossils of mantis shrimp, shark teeth, dinoflagellates and saline-loving bacteria were discovered deep beneath the rain forest.
    — Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
  • But according to a new paper published in the journal Animal Behavior, sometimes a mantis shrimp will compromise.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Feller and her collaborators experimented with six females and one male mantis shrimp.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Light bouncing off objects always contains a polarized component, and this property of light can reveal objects that otherwise blend into the background; mantis shrimp use it to find prey in their blue-tinged ocean environs.
    — Prachi Patel, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2019
  • These wines were created to be enjoyed with food—consider cappellietti pasta with white cuttlefish ragu and mantis shrimp, or asparagus salad with broad beans, peas, saltwort with a cream of almonds and hazelnuts.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 3 July 2022

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