Meet the shrimply stunning (and literally striking) mantis shrimp! This tiny yet dazzling marine crustacean defies conventional classification and breaks the mold in more ways than one.
{—Yann Martel, Life of Pi/Guillaume Apollinaire, from The Sirens/Olin Ivory, from the poem "Bad Year Anthem by Matthew Nienow, Poetry/ Khalil Gibran, Sand and Foam}