History matters the exoskeleton is part of the mantis shrimps evolutionary heritage its baggage it is so central to the way a mantis shrimps body is built that evolution simply cannot produce a mantis shrimp without an exoskeleton. With 250 million years of evolutionary history behind it the peacock mantis shrimp has figured out how to find and kill prey with stunning skill and it looks good doing it.
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