#EvolutionMitHumor
#BizarreMeisterwerke
#NaturStaunen
#BiologischeSuperkräfte
#AußenseiterDerNatur
#Fangschreckenkrebs
#Stomatopoda
#OnePunchMan
#Meeresbiologie
#Kavitation
#NaturWunder
#Science
22/23

Realistic illustration of Peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus), on white background

Throwback, while I make new art, and grapple with reality.

#ProjectAnimalia (my daily #animalart project)
Day 46: Peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus)

#sciart #medart #dailyart #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #mantisshrimp #Stomatopoda #oceanart

Mantis Shrimp Pack a Punch With the Force of a Bullet—and They Don't Get Hurt. Here's How — Smithsonian Magazine In a new study, scientists tested the complex layers in the animal's clubs that serve as mighty shields to absorb the shock of the impact

#mantisshrimp #Stomatopoda #dactylclub #crustacean #invertebrates

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For #crustmas I am posting some planctonic larvae of #stomatopoda aka #Mantis_shrimp, that I photographed through a microscope lens back in march, after they were gathered in the gulf of Aqaba

#Marine_Life #Plankton #crustacaens