{"id":7404,"date":"2016-09-16T10:07:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T17:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myuctv.tv\/?p=7404"},"modified":"2016-09-16T10:07:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T17:07:51","slug":"the-big-impact-of-a-little-shrimp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/uctv\/the-big-impact-of-a-little-shrimp\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Impact of a Little Shrimp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uctv.tv\/shows\/30922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uctv.tv\/images\/\/thumbnails\/30922.jpg\" alt=\"8232\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignright\" \/><\/a>Despite their importance to reef communities and distribution throughout much of the world\u2019s warmer oceans, little is known about the mantis shrimp, a solitary ambush predator. <\/p>\n<p>However, with a fossil record dating back some 400 million years, the history of the mantis shrimp helps researchers understand the evolution of some of their more intriguing features. Mantis-like arms which allow their amazing hunting behavior, eyes which are one of the most elaborate visual systems yet discovered, and incredible speed are just a few of the qualities that make this small shrimp a big deal. <\/p>\n<p>Join <a href=\"https:\/\/scripps.ucsd.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scripps Institution of Oceanography&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/scrippsscholars.ucsd.edu\/mdevries\/biocv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maya deVries<\/a> as she shares her research on the biomechanics and ecology of the mantis shrimp and their impact on marine communities.<\/p>\n<p>Watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uctv.tv\/shows\/30922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Small but Mighty: Evolution of the Mantis Shrimp Strike<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite their importance to reef communities and distribution throughout much of the world\u2019s warmer oceans, little is known about the mantis shrimp, a solitary ambush predator. However, with a fossil record dating back some 400 million years, the history of the mantis shrimp helps researchers understand the evolution of some of their more intriguing features. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}