[Slyfox]

One of the reasons why God made us was because He needed someone in all of creation who could appreciate His handiwork.

[Kirkwood]

Anyway, like I was sayin’, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey’s uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that’s about it.

[Rebelbase]

A little genetic engineering and we can all have three pupils and have UV and polarized light filters.

[golux]

"I don't always unsee what I have seen, but when I do, it's spherically polarized infrared Helen Thomas."

[Yardstick]

LOL — okay, God, you win.

Sometimes you just have to laugh at the amazingness of this stuff.

[smokingfrog]

Good eyesight comes in handy if you're looking for some lunch -- especially as opposed to being someone else's lunch.

[ClaytonP]

Despite how complex their eyes are, they still have a tiny brain.

Much of vision is in the processing.

30% of the human brain is devoted to vision.

The shrimps' problem is the opposite of the "Garbage in Garbage out" computing dilemma.

They have the best input, but lack the computer power to appreciate most of it.

[DBrow]

As you go deeper under water red gets filtered out. Eventually only blues and blue-green are there, along with some UV that us humans can’t see well. UVA penetrates some 600 feet. So a visual system tuned to discriminate many shades of blue and indigo and violet and ultraviolet would be an advantage.

It’s tuned to what light is there where the shrimp live, as ours is tuned to daylight. A deer, which is mostly crepuscular in habit, can see more shades of blue than we can, same model- adapt the eye to the light that’s available. Twilight and morning are very blue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XprDF7Lk2CY

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Amazing.

[KarlInOhio]

So, Shrimpy, you see a copy of the Mona Lisa with a big grin? You don't just see a 74?

[James C. Bennett]

Imagine the number of natural selection pressures and frequent cycles of reproduction it took evolution to equip these tiny creatures with such tools for survival. Reality is so full of wonder!

[dayglored]

Great post, thx!

[Mack the knife]

Science Channel, Wonders of Life, episode 2 discusses the similarity and differences between human eyes and the mantis shrimp eyes. They show it in action near Catalina Island, 26 miles from Los Angeles.

I liked the whole series [taken with a grain or two of salt].

[central_va]