Mantis Shrimp

[xcellerate]

They strike by rapidly unfolding and swinging their raptorial claws at the prey, and are capable of inflicting serious damage on victims significantly greater in size than themselves. In smashers, these two weapons are employed with blinding quickness, with an acceleration of 10,400 g and speeds of 23 m/s from a standing start, about the acceleration of a .22 caliber bullet. Because they strike so rapidly, they generate cavitation bubbles between the appendage and the striking surface . The collapse of these cavitation bubbles produces measurable forces on their prey in addition to the instantaneous forces of 1,500 N that are caused by the impact of the appendage against the striking surface, which means that the prey is hit twice by a single strike; first by the claw and then by the collapsing cavitation bubbles that immediately follow. Even if the initial strike misses the prey, the resulting shock wave can be enough to kill or stun the prey.

The snap can also produce sonoluminescence from the collapsing bubble. This will produce a very small amount of light and high temperatures in the range of several thousand kelvin within the collapsing bubble, although both the light and high temperatures are too weak and short-lived to bedetected without advanced scientific equipment.

Mantis shrimp possess hyperspectral colour vision, allowing up to 12 colour channels extending in the ultraviolet...

[youtube]mu6yrC6bjNo[/youtube]

Forgive me if there are any marine biologists among us, but this is the first I've ever heard of this bruce-lee of the sea. Apparently there have been cases of the shrimp breaking the glass on his aquarium. Mantis shrimp is OP.

 

[Lucid]

Pistol Shrimp are cooler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeFUO2F7Gvw&feature=related

 

[VirusType2]

Pistol Shrimp are cooler.

" As it collapses, the cavitation bubble reaches temperatures of over 5,000 K (5,273.15 degree Celsius).[10] A quick comparison: the surface temperature of the sun is estimated to be around 5,778 K. "


Uh, wow? You have to be kidding me. OK, I'm impressed.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Mantis Shrimp used Sun Punch! Foe anything melted instantly!

 

[lefty]

Can you eat it?

 

[PJ]

Those shrimp are both amazing. I can't concieve just how that pistol one works.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Those shrimp are both amazing. I can't concieve just how that pistol one works.

Obvious it's Hadouken

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Can you eat it?

.

dotchar

 

[MuToiD_MaN]

I woulda liked to see the mantis shrimp grabbing in slow motion, but I agree, the pistol shrimp is a cooler shrimp. It sounds like a mantis would beat a pistol, hands-down with superior range, though.

 

[Shakermaker]

It sounds like a mantis would beat a pistol, hands-down with superior range, though.

That's a video I'd like to see. Claws at dawn.

 

[MuToiD_MaN]

Mantis would have to be out of its burrow to be remotely fair.

 

[VirusType2]

Whoever thought a god damn shrimp had the striking acceleration of a .22 caliber bullet with a shockwave hot as the surface of the sun.

I'm never going into the ocean again.

 

[MuToiD_MaN]

Duck your head into the ocean near any coastal reef here in California. There are often whole colonies of pistol shrimp communicating with each other and it's this constant crackling you can hear from god-knows-how-far. Don't worry though ... you're safe.