Armed with lightning-fast punches and vision that sees beyond the human spectrum, the mantis shrimp is one of nature’s most ...

Two titans of the tide pool go claw-to-claw in this epic underwater encounter! Watch as the lightning-fast mantis shrimp faces off with the armored brute force of a giant hermit crab in a stunning ...

How mantis shrimp withstands shock of its .22 caliber bullet punch, study reveals This punch is strong enough to shatter shells and even glass. Updated: May 13, 2025 07:35 AM EST ...

The mantis shrimp is a colourful, 10-cm-long resident of the ocean whose appearance belies its reputation as one of the most fearsome predators on the planet. These unassuming crustaceans use a ...

INTRODUCTION The mantis shrimp (Figure 1) is a marine crustacean belonging to the order Stomatopoda Latreille, 1817, and popularly known as siriboia, tamarutaca, tamburutaca, boxing shrimp, or squilla ...

The research examines how the mantis shrimp’s dactyl club—a biological hammer—endures repeated high-impact strikes without sustaining damage. Despite being small enough to fit in a human hand, the ...

Sound striker: A mantis shrimp shows off its greenish-yellow dactyl clubs. (Courtesy: Andy Law) When a mantis shrimp uses shock waves to strike and kill its prey, how does it prevent those shock waves ...

Apparently, the mantis shrimp’s mighty hammer, or dactyl club, has layers of intricate patterns that help protect the small crustaceans.

“However, to repeatedly execute these high-impact strikes, the mantis shrimp’s dactyl club must have a robust protection mechanism to prevent self-damage.” The study found that the shrimp’s ...

The mantis has a hammer-like club positioned on each side of its body. The clubs are spring-like structures that store energy in elastic form and are held in place by latch-like tendons.

Living in shallow, tropical waters, mantis shrimp are armed with one hammer-like dactyl club on each side of its body. These clubs store energy in elastic, spring-like structures, which are held in ...