did someone say profess my love for an organism? I love mantis shrimp. and I think they're super underrated despite how popular they are, because no one ever gets why they're so cool! did you know that the mantis shrimp can actually see less colors than humans? this is because they process the information directly in their eyes, so they can't see colors like magenta (which only exist because our brain processes them like that).
you know what they CAN see though? cancer. see, mantis shrimp can see polarized light and thus, the way light waves reflect off surfaces. and healthy cells reflect light differently than cancer cells! this means they can detect cancer years before symptoms appear, and scientists are perfecting a camera that mimics this ability so cancer can be detected and removed with precision! mantis shrimp could literally save lives!!
and their punches. ohhh their punches. mantis shrimp come in two kinds, spearers and crushers. crushers can deliver a punch with the acceleration up to 51mph in an INSTANT, with a force of 15,000 newtons. but what's really cool is the cavitation bubbles. see, the punch moves so fast it creates a little pocket of air, and when that bubble pops it creates IMMENSE pressure and heat. the us navy used a similar effect in pistol shrimp to their advantage in world war 2, positioning submarines inside colonies of pistol shrimp as acoustic cover, because the powerful force would disrupt sonar.
there's SO many cool things about the mantis shrimp that I didn't even touch on, please go learn about these amazing animals for yourself!
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Closest match: Lacanobia oleracea genome assembly, chromosome: 4
Common name: Bright-line brown-eye
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Imagine Zane with his “I am looking straight into your soul, picking apart every secret and thought that weighs in your mind and darkens your heart” blue eyes, and Lloyd with his “staring deeply into the depths of the abyss of your being, viewing every little puzzle piece that puts you together with a disregard of the overall image” green eyes staring at you. Terrifying, especially when the other ninja are likely to all have brown eyes.
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ok so imagine this. @hollewdz made a wonderful post about my adventures with superman where clark gets into kryptonite and it shrinks him. i have been rotating that post in my brain for the past 6 hours. me and my friend (@beepbopitsgt) have since been brainstorming!!! there are many types of canon kryptonite; pink, green, gold, black, the works. well i wanted to make a kryptonite that would amplify superman/kryptonians so much they would physically grow when in contact with it. i call it purple kryptonite because dr ivo's parasite suit (in the show) was purple and he grew when in contact with energy and it was. purple. thats crazy anyway here's clark in the middle of being in contact with the purple kryptonite and lois trying to calm him down
edit: sorry i know the arm is weird i was tired 😓😓i will fix when i get home from school i
edit 2: not fixing it ia m going to take a nap enjoy the wonky
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Idk if you need images bc I'm genuinely just curious what ID lines up with some funny numbers and wanted to ask
Speicifcally I just wanna know what 0617 has because I'll be damned if I don't give my birthday scav some love
ID 617
so i showed my friends this scavenger and one of their immediate reactions was "TWINK" and the other called it a twig. also it's pathetic. sorry about that
Personality
● Aggression: 0.007767789
● Bravery: 0.020086
● Dominance: 0.3135071
● Energy: 0.8179128
● Nervousness: 0.9819649
● Sympathy: 0.762814
Stats
● Dodge: 0.01380833
● Mid-range: 0.01586919
● Melee: 0.0493255
● Blocking: 0.02070482
● Reaction: 0.8737397
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