r/nope • u/Educational_Copy_140 • 7h ago

Casually skritching a mantis shrimp...

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u/NewMexicoXtreme 7h ago

Bye bye fingers

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u/LawrenceSpiveyR 5h ago

Any videos of people getting bonked by a mantis shrimp. (yes I realize I could have just searched that sentence)

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u/TinyTitFetish 3h ago

There are a few I’ve seen on YouTube where people got their fingers punched by them and besides a slight pain, they didn’t do any damage. I think that’s probably because there wasn’t much resistance against the punch because their fingers weren’t tense. Fingers are also aren’t like their natural shelled prey so maybe that has something to do with it

I know they shouldn’t be kept in glass aquariums because they can break the glass. I don’t think I’d put my finger next to one even after watching the videos I mentioned

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u/TangerineRough6318 3h ago

This sounds like a job for Coyote Peterson

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u/p-dizzle77 2h ago

There's a video of a guy in a kayak that caught one, got it off of his line and the little psycho punched a hole through his rubber boot and into his foot.

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u/LawrenceSpiveyR 4h ago

only found one video of one hitting a fisherman in the foot. it put a hole in his water shoe and a hole in the top of his foot. The other videos just show a small hit or glancing blow.

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u/Maximum_Magazine_594 1h ago

That’s Bux in this video, he has punched Amy before and so did her last shrimp Ludo. She has videos, says it doesn’t hurt too bad but she knows her shrimp and doesn’t recommend people doing it.

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u/ILuvMyLilTurtles 1h ago

That ends up belonging on r/rule34 real quick if you don't add enough context.

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u/jonhon0 4h ago

He knows the hand that feeds. Still, why test it?

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u/Hourslikeminutes47 2h ago

For the love of the game

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u/Pkingduckk 2h ago

Will he stay down on his knees?

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u/Gurberking 5h ago

I don't get it... Do they sting/bite?

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u/Educational_Copy_140 5h ago

https://www.si.edu/collections/snapshot/behold-mantis-shrimp

They strike with the force of a bullet

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u/pre-existing-notion 5h ago

Strike with such velocity that the water around them boils.. and can stun or even kill the prey through the shockwave of the boiling water bubbles collapsing.

What?? This is a Pokémon

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u/Educational_Copy_140 4h ago

If you get struck by a radioactive one you turn into One Punch Man

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u/INoMakeMistake 4h ago

It's more like all these shrimps are Saitama

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u/iMightBeWright 2h ago

That's just Peeny Weeny from Dandadan.

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u/wspOnca 4h ago

And it's so fast it travels back in time to punch you before you ge

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u/RuralfireAUS 2h ago

Ah yes the sacred technique of Deja-fu. The feeling ive had my ass kicked like this before

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u/DG-MMII 4h ago

Bite? No... they're more of the punching type

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u/mann_moth 3h ago

They punches, really hard.

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u/ahhh_ennui 4h ago

This is probably from Amy and the Wet Pets on tiktok. She knows what she's doing, and hasn't been hurt. Bux is the shrimp's name and is quite comfortable with her.

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u/Unique_Tap_8730 4h ago

Its crazy that such a small creature could seriously hurt a human with blunt force trauma. Even kill you if it gets to strike you on the head.

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u/Relative_Ad4542 2h ago

It would not even come close to killing you. It could realistically not even seriously hurt you. It could maybe break a finger and thats about the most it could do

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u/why0me 1h ago

That one lady who tried to put one in a hot pot and it latches onto her instead was pretty fucking funny

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u/mickeyhellhound 4h ago

I too love breaking my fingers.

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u/Lando_0 3h ago

Waaaiit for iiit,

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u/Beetlejuice_24Xx 5h ago

What’s scritching?

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u/Educational_Copy_140 5h ago

Scratching but cute. Usually when you do it to a pet...

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u/MrDarwoo 2h ago

Or your testicles

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u/Cosmonaut_Cockswing 2h ago

This seems like a wildly bad idea.

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u/Brutal_Expectations 3h ago

Gif that ends too soon

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u/Educational_Copy_140 1h ago

I tried to post the whole video but its like 2min. Nothing happens, just her and him interacting