Nothing else in the animal kingdom packs a punch like the mantis shrimp. This tiny, colorful crustacean delivers a wallop at 23 meters per second – a king-hit delivering a jaw-dropping 1,500 newtons ...
Mantis shrimp are powerful little crustaceans: With a single, strong punch, they can smash a shell with the force of a .22 caliber bullet, unleash a shockwave and even crack aquarium glass—all without ...
Forget about Mike Tyson or Muhammad Ali, the fastest punch in the world belongs to the mantis shrimp. This shrimp can smash a shell with the force of a .22 caliber bullet and remain intact despite the ...
Researchers analyzed the DNA of the shrimp and realized they’d discovered a new species: Bigelowina komaii, or Komai’s mantis shrimp. Komai’s mantis shrimp can reach about 3 inches in length, the ...
Researchers knew the mantis shrimp had some tricked-out peepers—its visual world consists of 11 to 12 basic colors (compared with three for humans) as well as infrared and ultraviolet light. If you're ...
The mantis shrimp comes equipped with its own weapons. It has claws that look like permanently clenched fists that are known as dactyl clubs. But when it smashes the shells of its prey, these fists ...
Discover the extraordinary vision of mantis shrimp, whose eyes boast 16 photoreceptors, ultraviolet and polarized light detection, and independent movement. Learn seven fascinating reasons why their ...
A woman dining at a hotpot restaurant in China had the tables turned on her, quite literally, when her unassuming meal fought back and inflicted a painful attack. The moment was caught on video and ...
Siblings walking along the coast of the Isle of Wight found an “elusive” predator, a mantis shrimp, “tangled in seagrass.” Google Street View August 2024 ...
An egg-cracking beam relies on a hyperelastic torque reversal mechanism similar to that used by mantis shrimp and jumping fleas. Credit: Seoul National University. We usually think of robots as being ...