Funky Materials Give the Mantis Shrimp Its Powerful Punch
Oct 19, 2018•6 min
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Episode description
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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