Kaboom! Boom! Biff! Biff! Thud!
That’s the sound you hear from this stomatopod
As she attacks her enemies big and small  
Breaking them up shells, claws and all

She’s a warrior of an ancient line
Fierce and strong is this lass
She can punch the living daylights out
Of anyone who shows her sass

She has independently roaming eyes
Nothing escapes her frightening glare
Your friend and you can run and hide
Ms. Mantis will follow you each with her stare

Miss Mantis Ali has many friends
They even have a secret code
Their bodies sparkle in the sun 
As they dance in their shallow pool homes

She has a cousin whom she loves
Who lives in the warm Pacific waters
They meet up once in a while
And get up to all sorts of fun and laughter

If you ever come very near her home
In the warm waters of the Indian ocean
She’ll puff out her chest and growl at you
And get her boxer mode full on

And there we leave Miss Mantis Ali
Of the Mantis Shrimp family
Boxing champion of all the oceans
Fearless fighter of all the seas.