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6. Mantis shrimp or stomatopods...may reach (11.8 inches) in length

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 05:57 PM

Sep 2014

though in exceptional cases have been recorded at up to (15 inches)...

And this one is EIGHTEEN inches?

They rarely exit their homes except to feed and relocate, and can be diurnal, nocturnal, or crepuscular, depending on the species...Although some live in temperate seas, most species live in tropical and subtropical seas in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between eastern Africa and Hawaii...

So what are they doing in Florida waters, slumming?

I stand by my creative speculation, LOL!

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Crustaceans will rule the Earth! [View all] Baclava Sep 2014 OP

Florida, you say? rocktivity Sep 2014 #1

Other coast from the oil spill Cirque du So-What Sep 2014 #2

Mantis shrimp or stomatopods...may reach (11.8 inches) in length rocktivity Sep 2014 #6

You may be onto something Cirque du So-What Sep 2014 #13

No, not really. Wiki's not authoritative. X_Digger Sep 2014 #24

In related news, Flordia Man had sex with it. Kaleva Sep 2014 #3

no more skinny-dipping around the docks for me Baclava Sep 2014 #4

But he tried to smoke it first! chrisa Sep 2014 #11

But what about Zoidberg???? Initech Sep 2014 #5

I was thinking more of Crab People. Buns_of_Fire Sep 2014 #19

Need a new ruler of the Earth? NuclearDem Sep 2014 #21

Prawnzilla Fairgo Sep 2014 #7

that is the dreaded sea-chupacabra Enrique Sep 2014 #8

ewwwwwwwwww MFM008 Sep 2014 #9

I prostrate myself before our LuvNewcastle Sep 2014 #10

Can't be worse than a republican ... nt TBF Sep 2014 #12

I does look like a Mantis Shrimp greytdemocrat Sep 2014 #14

This is a spearer, not a 'clubber'. n/t X_Digger Sep 2014 #23

Its fellow shrimp-like in appearance alien colleagues are going to want revenge over this treatment. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2014 #15

Give it to some celebrity chef tabbycat31 Sep 2014 #16

True Facts About the Mantis Shrimp csziggy Sep 2014 #17

But how well does it go with butter & garlic? baldguy Sep 2014 #18

Oh, I thought it was one of these ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2014 #20

Mantis shrimp.. not an uncommon size. X_Digger Sep 2014 #22