Watch the Video Click here to watch on YouTube Nature is full of beauty and verdant wonder, but there’s a darker side. Just ...

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 ...

Dactyl clubs are hammer-like structures located on each side of a mantis shrimp’s body. They store energy in elastic ...

Despite their name, mantis shrimp are not true shrimp but a type of stomatopod: a relative of crabs and lobsters that has been on Earth for over 400 million years. There are more than 400 ...

Forget about Mike Tyson or Muhammad Ali, the fastest punch in the world belongs to the mantis shrimp. This shrimp can smash a shell with the force of a .22 caliber bullet and remain intact despite the ...

Mantis shrimp are truly spectacular predators of the marine world. Like a praying mantis, the mantis shrimp use a specialised pair of forelimbs to capture prey and are divided into the ‘spearers ...

Mantis shrimps pack a powerful punch — and scientists have finally figured out how this super-strong strike doesn't obliterate the shrimps themselves as they lash out. Turns out, these shrimp ...

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