Mantis Shrimp Claws (IMAGE)

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Mantis Shrimp Claws

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Mantis shrimp claws come in a dizzying array of shapes -- from spiny and barbed spears to hatchets and hammers. Rather than evolving in a coordinated way, a new study finds that each part of the mantis shrimp's complex claws followed its own evolutionary path.

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Photo by Thomas Claverie, Universite de Montpellier.

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