The mantis shrimp's lineage dates back an astonishing 400 million years, predating even the dinosaurs. Remarkably, this creature has barely evolved in all that time. Why? Scientists suggest that its design is so impeccably efficient that evolution simply hasn’t needed to tinker with it.
Mantis shrimp typically live in warm waters, hiding in crevices and burrows among rocks and sand.
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