The bizarre and violent mantis shrimp has many awestruck fans on land. Part of the appeal is its ridiculous strength and creative hunting technique: Its club-like claws accelerate at the speed of a ...

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 ...

The mantis shrimp and pistol shrimp are two of the ocean’s most powerful small predators, each armed with a weapon that seems ...

The Mantis Shrimp packs quite the powerful punch. So powerful in fact, he can use his hammer-like claws to punch out of a glass aquarium without even breaking a nail (so-to-speak). In one particular ...

During his prime, a punch from Mike Tyson would have felt the same as if you were hit 13 times by .22 caliber bullets while wearing a bulletproof vest. Remarkably, the peacock mantis shrimp packs a ...

Original artwork of a mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) (Linnaeus, 1758.) Plate is by artist Phan Hay in Manning, R.B., 1995, "Stomatopod Crustacea of Vietnam." (Courtesy of the Smithsonian’s ...

One of nature’s most notorious psychopaths may be giving cancer patients new hope. The mantis shrimp is famous for having a punch like a .22 bullet and a perpetual bad attitude, but it also has the ...

A new study has revealed that peacock mantis shrimp have mobile eyes that can maintain balance in the face of any motion and see in opposite directions. What Is Special About The Peacock Mantis Shrimp ...

The mantis shrimp may be the most beautiful, talented and deadly creature in the animal kingdom. Plus, their view of the world is way better than ours. The mantis shrimp has 16 color-receptive cones ...

No one can deny that the mantis shrimp is special. The charismatic crustacean looks like a walking Mardi Gras parade and hammers its enemies so fast that water boils. Now scientists have added another ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Mantis shrimp, a diverse group of predatory crustaceans with ...

Few sea creatures are as straight up ornery as the mantis shrimp, a kind of lobster-looking crustacean that is not in fact a shrimp, but a close relative called a stomatopod. It's equipped with two ...