Peacock Mantis Break glass?

[AW2EOD]

Do you have any links to these accounts of them breaking glass? That dont involve some attention seeker claiming it happened to a friend of a friend?

The one man you would gain the most knowledge from is Dr. Ron Caldwell. He's a professor of Integrative Biology, at Berkely. He deals only in Mantis and Cephalopods. I've heard accounts, from him, if I remember correctly of Peacocks he had (in his lab), breaking tanks.

His webpage is here: http://ib.berkeley.edu/research/interests/research_profile.php?person=38

He's a member of Reef Central and visits there often.

Here's his member profile, on RC:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=5463

And, here's the Mantis Forum, on RC:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=37

You'll be able to find any and all info you'll need, on here.

interesting... the unknown mantises i saw were in that size range, but definitely not L maculata - they were a drab pale green, and definitely smashers...[tasty too ] anyone know of a mantis that fits that description?

With you being from Singapore, I'm sure you've seen all kinds of crazy invertibrates. I remember back in my military days (before I was interested in fish), I saw all kinds of species of Mantis in Asian markets, ready to be eaten. There would be hundreds (many different species) in tanks, still alive or hung up in bags, dead, being sold.

 

[Fishes33]

Peacock Mantis, Odontodactylus scyllarus, grown to about 8 inches in length....Never seen "any" documented proof that this can smash a tank, and untill i do see proof, it will be written off as crap.....Sorry, but, i know they have a bad rep for shrimps, but, i do believe that this perticular mantis is very hyped up...

I thought mantis shrimp is not really shrimp.. its something else

 

[Fishes33]

and I think these were the mantis shrimp that people saw in Asian country, but Im not sure if they are really mantis shrimp (doesnt even look like peacock) and they are huge

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=9ALOJlE5xkQ

 

[AW2EOD]

and I think these were the mantis shrimp that people saw in Asian country, but Im not sure if they are really mantis shrimp (doesnt even look like peacock) and they are huge

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=9ALOJlE5xkQ

Yes...thos are a species of Mantis. There are many, many different species. Peacocks are just the most desirable because of their color and regular availability.

 

[ski's_reef]

Those ones being cooked were probably Oratosquilla oratoria they are a commonly eaten (in asia) large species of spearing mantis.

Ski

 

[schaadrak]

Okay, found it.

From what I can gather tempered glass is between 120 and 200 MPa. So if you have a large Peacock, and if it hits the glass as hard as it can, and if you have a tank with weakly tempered glass or untempered glass, then it can break it.

So now the myth for me has been down-graded to "PLAUSIBLE"

 

[Reefscape]

Okay, found it.

From what I can gather tempered glass is between 120 and 200 MPa. So if you have a large Peacock, and if it hits the glass as hard as it can, and if you have a tank with weakly tempered glass or untempered glass, then it can break it.

So now the myth for me has been down-graded to "PLAUSIBLE"

Mythbusters perhaps???

 

[justin]

I saw a huge mantis on tv on a bizarre foods show in asia. It was in a food market and the mantis was well over a foot. They didn't talk about it. Just saw a bucket of them while they were scanning the seafood. Also, I live in FL and a friend of mine works on a dive boat and we had a local mantis about 5 inches in a 30 gallon in his shop and it shattered that tank.

 

[ski's_reef]

Im pretty sure there are no smashers that get that big in FL. And a thirty gallon is pretty thick!

Ski

 

[hammel77]

I've been doing some research on these buggers lately. I found this article on Reef Central that might clear things up. Hope it helps!
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1985487