aggressive hunter, luxury handsome, has a unique view - all cancer-mantis.Aquarists avoid start it at home.Cancers easily hit the glass and destroy all living creatures nearby.Their terrible claws are many rumors.Is there a giant crab mantis?How carnivore dangerous to humans, and is home to what he eats?Who know.
Habitat
Cancer mantis photo, you can see the seabed prefers tropical seas.Divers can observe them in the coral reefs.All the time spent in shelters cancer crevices or burrows dug and crawls only when hungry.Despite his gentle name, these sea creatures - the real predators.Their prey: shrimp, fish, marine crustaceans, crabs and shellfish.To break the protective shell, crab mantis throws forward grasping claw with incredible speed (approximately the same as that emitted bullets).Then grabs the victim and forcefully crashing on the rocks.It continues to torment prey until all her insides do not come out to the outside.All his actions are unmistakable, in the dark waters at the depth of the ocean it is perfectly oriented.
manner of hunting
Powerful strong claws are dangerous not only for small shellfish.Cancer-mantis different aggressive behavior and temper.He grabs everything around him, if he is a hindrance.It can cause serious injury to a person, as it is not afraid of a larger opponent.A touch of this handsome man so anxious!His stunning colors iridescent.
Cancer can hunt from the shelter, waiting for prey swims by, or go on a quest.He is able to capture the big fish, octopus or cuttlefish.A sharp jolt tail allows lightning to fall forward and kill the prey.During molting, these formidable hunters hide in its burrow, prudently laying the entrance stones.At this time, the cancer-mantis resets shell and during the hunt becomes dangerous for himself, because it can hurt production, sandwiched in the claw.He has to wait a week until narastet new shell.
unique vision mantis shrimp
This is another feature that can boast of marine predators.His eyes are designed so that differentiates between 12 basic colors.For comparison, a person perceives the three primary colors (blue, green and red, other colors - the transition between the three main).Furthermore, in the field of view of cancer fall into the infrared and ultraviolet rays, the linear and circular polarization.What the world sees cancer mantis, it is impossible to imagine.With this powerful weapon, arthropods from this family oriented perfectly in any space.
danger to human inhabitants of coastal zones are tropical resorts.Despite its modest size (18 cm), these animals can cause serious injuries and great pain man.Of course, cancer is primarily defensive, so touch it out of curiosity, is not necessary.To recognize such a violent aggressor may be at an incredibly beautiful colors and folded forward grasping claws, like the well-known insect mantis.
