The peacock mantis shrimp is the Mike Tyson of the shrimp world, capable of delivering a mean punch. The impact pressure from these little guys rivals that of a small-caliber bullet. Despite their ...

Mantis shrimp claws come in a dizzying array of shapes -- from spiny and barbed spears to hatchets and hammers. Rather than evolving in a coordinated way, a new study finds that each part of the ...

Mantis shrimp punches faster than bullets, creating cavitation bubbles in water. Pistol shrimp snaps its claw to make sonic blasts over 210 decibels. Shrimps rarely harm humans; mantis shrimp can ...

The infamous mantis shrimp is in possession of a club-shaped claw that can deliver fatal blows to everything from hard-shelled prey to thick aquarium glass. So what happens when they thump a fellow ...

Juvenile snapping shrimp have broken the acceleration record for a repeatable body movement underwater. The tiny crustaceans can snap their claws with an acceleration of nearly 600,000 metres per ...