Funky Materials Give the Mantis Shrimp Its Powerful Punch
Funky Materials Give the Mantis Shrimp Its Powerful Punch
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
October 19, 20185m 51s
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Show Notes
Imagine for a second that you’re a crab, and a fellow crustacean called a mantis shrimp has decided to make you its lunch. The truth is, it’s not worth struggling. The mantis shrimp uses muscles to cock back two hammer-like appendages under its face, storing energy in a saddle-like divot in the limbs.
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