Mantis shrimp variations

[tame flare]

Would be cool if the mantis had an uncommon variant that could use attacks similar to an irl pistol shrimp.

These attacks would stun you from a distance while also dealing some pressure related injuries. Maybe structure damage to structures as well.

(Also, If it's not too much work) For them to be effective hunters, just like their mantis buddies, they'll need to be able to turn translucent or look like a rock or something. Would be cool if the mantis could camouflage itself as other things from time to time.

[lilac lichen]

Me on my way to get the mantis shrimp to punch my balls

[astral sentinel]

would be cool in general to have mantis species that evolved from the ancestor species

the mantis in the game derive from the original mantis that were bright orange and stuck out like a sore thumb

they eventually evolved into the cave mantis we know today

but it would be cool seeing other variants, with allopatric speciation and sympatric speciation and all being a theory

would make sense for there to be mantis species besides the cave ones

[neat vault]

ROCK PUNCHER FROM SUBNAUTICA 🗣️

[upbeat shoal]

Legacy crawler literally is a mantis shrimp