These solitary, aggressive animals are famous for their ferocious punch—as fast as a bullet and strong enough to snap a crab’s claw. Mantis shrimp live in warm, shallow waters in the Indian ...

Mantis shrimp are small creatures known for their ... "Think about a boxer moving with a punch that they receive." ...

Mantis shrimp, renowned for their vibrant colors and potent punch, can deliver blows with the force of a .22-caliber bullet. Their raptorial claws, backed by a spring-loaded mechanism, enable this ...

Smashers pack enough power in their punch to shatter glass ... If that wasn’t enough of a predator deterrent, mantis shrimp also boast rows of hooklike spikes on their carapace like a chitinous ...

The discovery that the eye of a particular mantis shrimp has an achromatic quarter ... defending them with a punch that can break glass and shatter bone. That's a good question, and there are ...

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 ...

An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Living Wonders" by Cara Giaimo and Joshua Foer showed me how many animal and plant life ...

Sexual cannibalism isn't a must for the mantis to reproduce. Its advantage for the female may be a handy source of nutrition for herself and to feed her offspring. There's no clear answer about ...

Using a durable club appendage, the mantis shrimp moves through the water at 14-23 metres per second, with the force of a .22 calibre bullet. The punch is so powerful it vaporizes the water in ...

The mantis shrimp has two types of hunting approaches - smashing and spearing. The deadly front claws of the creature are known for being able to deliver a 60-mile-per-hour punch. That’s enough ...

A type of terminal strip used to connect telephone or data lines to each other. Also called "punch-down block," "quick-connect block," "terminating block" and "connecting block," punch blocks use ...