Mantis shrimp aesthetic

30.5k Likes, 152 Comments - Oceana (@oceana) on Instagram: “A beautiful #rainbow. 🌈 . Not only is the peacock mantis shrimp vibrant and colorful, it is also…”

Explore lubitz ilan's 11320 photos on Flickr!

a harlequin mantis shrimp or stomatopods, have the most sophisticated visual system in the world. the stomatopod eye contains 16 different types of photoreceptors (12 for color analysis, compared to humanity's 3 cones). mantis shrimps can thus see polarized light and 4 colors of uv (ultraviolet) light, and they may also be able to distinguish up to 100,000 colors (compared to the 10,000 seen by human beings).

Mantis shrimp

Aside from looking really cool the Mantis shrimp has a punch that (at peak impact force) is comparable to the bite of a tiger - while underwater!

mantis praying mantis orchid mantis mantis shrimp mantis tattoo preying mantis mantis piercing spiny flower mantis mantis pfp mantis marvel insect insects animals cute animal animal tattoos animal drawings animal painting animal paintings animal nails animal wallpaper animal aesthetic animal print animal sketches animal art drawing animal sticker animal t shirt wild animals nature aesthetic nature wallpaper wild life photography beautiful wallpapers beautiful aesthetic cute wallpapers

Every time you look at a mantis shrimp, they’re looking back at you in colors you can't even imagine. Mantis shrimp can detect 12 wave lengths of light (compared to 3 in humans), PLUS ultraviolet light, PLUS polarized light.

The Earth’s oceans are less explored than the vastness of space. We know what’s out there, but we don’t know the true depths of what lives in our oceans. But we