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 ...

Mantis shrimps throw the fastest punches in the ocean. Using their forelimbs like clubs, the small crustaceans deliver blows so quickly and forcefully that pockets of seawater vaporize in implosions ...

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This shrimp packs a punch powerful enough to smash its prey's shell underwater. Stomatopods (mantis shrimp) are well known for the feeding appendages they use to smash shells and impale fish. Here we ...

Mantis shrimp are famous for their ultrafast, powerful punches used to dispatch prey. They can land volley after shell-splintering volley, without major injury to their own nerves or flesh. That’s ...

This image shows a Odontodactylus scyllarus juvenile. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 24, 2014, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Hanne H. Thoen at the ...

Mantis shrimps throw the fastest punches in the ocean. Using their forelimbs like clubs, the small crustaceans deliver blows so quickly and forcefully that pockets of seawater vaporize in implosions ...