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Behold Alien Horror as a Spear Mantis Impales a Fish in Slow Motion

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Hiding in sandy burrows, mantis shrimp wait patiently—and then, with lightning-fast motion, grab passing prey with long, skinny appendages. “Like Predator and Alien rolled into one,” says Jamie Seymour, a James Cook University biologist who made this new video with Emmy Award-winning cameraman Richard Fitzpatrick.

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