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Old 08-12-2007, 05:26 PM   #1
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Mantis Shrimp: Clocking the Fastest Animals on Earth


Worth watching this: 16 min long...

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/77

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Old 08-12-2007, 05:54 PM   #2
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That is awsome. Thanks
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Old 08-12-2007, 06:58 PM   #3
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Well I thought you had to be careful aaround mantis shrimp but 200 pounds of pressure thats nuts!
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Old 08-12-2007, 06:59 PM   #4
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wow, thats awesome, and people dont understand why they call them thumb splitters.
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Old 08-12-2007, 07:42 PM   #5
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Wow Shirley, thanks for sharing that. Good thing i'm at work and watched it, woulda taken three days to load it all , LOL
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Old 08-12-2007, 08:01 PM   #6
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Old 08-12-2007, 08:25 PM   #7
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And of course, it was Troy who showed it to me - I didn't stumble upon it on my own.
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Old 08-12-2007, 08:26 PM   #8
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Troy finds all the cool stuff Shirley
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Old 08-12-2007, 08:33 PM   #9
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Awsome


Thank you for the further information in the future tank of mine. These Creatures are so amazing ...

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Old 08-13-2007, 07:12 AM   #10
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that is really cool !
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Old 08-22-2007, 02:28 PM   #11
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Old 08-22-2007, 02:31 PM   #12
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Someone email this to the jackass movie guys. I'd sure like to see their finger get wacked and see what happens.
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Old 09-03-2007, 02:45 PM   #13
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Very informative video.
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Someone email this to the jackass movie guys. I'd sure like to see their finger get wacked and see what happens.
Knowing the jackass guys, i'm sure they'd be dangling something else in a mantis tank instead of a finger........
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Old 09-24-2007, 12:14 PM   #15
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um... lets not go there
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