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Alert Diver is the dive industry’s leading publication. Featuring DAN’s core content of dive safety, research, education and medical information, each issue is a must-read reference, archived and shared by passionate scuba enthusiasts. In addition, Alert Diver showcases fascinating dive destinations and marine environmental topics through images from the world’s greatest underwater photographers and stories from the most experienced and eloquent dive journalists in the business.
Alert Diver is the dive industry’s leading publication. Featuring DAN’s core content of dive safety, research, education and medical information, each issue is a must-read reference, archived and shared by passionate scuba enthusiasts. In addition, Alert Diver showcases fascinating dive destinations and marine environmental topics through images from the world’s greatest underwater photographers and stories from the most experienced and eloquent dive journalists in the business.
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PEACOCK MANTIS SHRIMP,<br />
ANILAO, PHILIPPINES<br />
Mantis shrimp hold so many records that it is<br />
clear they punch well above their weight class.<br />
Most complex eyes in the animal kingdom?<br />
Check. Fastest limb movement achieved<br />
by any animal? Check. Hardest punch per<br />
surface area of any animal? Check. And they<br />
do all this amid the significant resistance of<br />
seawater. I think the peacock mantis shrimp<br />
(Odontodactylus scyllarus) — there are many<br />
species of mantis shrimp — is also one of<br />
the most elegant and entertaining creatures<br />
in the sea. Sometimes shy, sometimes bold,<br />
these masters of mischievous trickery reside<br />
in holes in the reef but always have a backup<br />
escape hole as well. Any time I spot one on a<br />
dive, I pause to see what it is up to. I saw this<br />
one displaying its signature emerald and blue<br />
back toward me. As it turned, it revealed a<br />
brilliant pink clutch of eggs, displayed proudly<br />
like a feather boa. <strong>AD</strong><br />
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