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RE: Stand in Saturday #5 Speed in the Animal Kingdom
Nice one.
I watched a documentary about those pistol shrimps. They're bad ass and use their claw thingies for hunting unsuspecting prey that come through their territory. Funnies part of it is that they're usually sedentary creatures, only coming to life when they threatened or hunting. The real bad asses.
I also read about one migrating frigate breed of bird that has the highest flight speed, I forget the name.
All the same, I'd rather be a lion or Tiger, the real badasses as far as I'm concerned
Yeah Pistol Shrimps rock, they are ambush predators and are also opportunistic.
I've never observed my one actively hunting, though he does spend literally all day perfecting his burrow, he regularly constructs doorways out of empty shells and even live snails, it's quite entertaining watching him pick up the same snail several times when it's just trying to get away.
Also its relationship with its Goby fish partner is great to watch, they make a great little team.
Yeah, I wouldn't want to be the snail. Haha