Baby Mantis Shrimp Throw Punches With Its Raptorial Appendages At 9 Days Old!
(Photo : Getty Images) Larval Philippine Mantis Shrimp In a recent study, released Thursday the 29th of April in the Journal of Experimental Biology, experts studied larval Philippine mantis shrimp - Gonodactylaceus falcatus gotten originally from Oahu, Hawaii. The team also nurtured some of the similar species from eggs, carefully observing their development through time and then magnifying their punching appendage with the use of a microscope. The appendage, known as the raptorial appendage, works the same way a bow and arrow works, in that the tip of the appendage gets drawn back, "nock...
Source: natureworldnews.com