Dactyl clubs are hammer-like structures located on each side of a mantis shrimp’s body. They store energy in elastic structures similar to springs that are latched in place by tendons. When the shrimp ...

The mantis shrimp's club uses a built-in vibration shield that filters out damaging shock waves to enable it to strike with bullet-like force without breaking.

His current affiliation with USF is noted in the publication’s footnotes. The research examines how the mantis shrimp’s dactyl club—a biological hammer—endures repeated high-impact strikes without ...

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 ...

The mantis shrimp is a fearsome marine predator. Discover more about them and one clam's unlikely defense against their ...

A lot of people do. By Tanya Sichynsky A keen consumer of shellfish, Tanya Sichynsky hosts an annual shrimp cocktail party. The shrimp cocktail at the comically exclusive Polo Bar in Manhattan is ...

HUH: Dion Dublin brands property as the 'worst he's seen' Homes Under the Hammer star Dion Dublin branded a home the "worst I've seen" during Tuesday's (11 March) instalment of the BBC One show.

For example, the kind of physicist who manages to improve the everyday hammer—a tool so ubiquitous and taken for granted that it hadn’t been reconceived in hundreds, maybe thousands ...

She has 15+ years of experience as a financial writer and technical analyst. The hammer is a bullish reversal candlestick pattern characterized by a small body near the top, a long lower wick ...