The Mantis Shrimp: Nature's Ultimate Engineer
The mantis shrimp is a celebrity of the coral reef, a fist-packing wonder famed for possessing the fastest strike in the animal kingdom. Its club-like appendages accelerate with such force that they boil the water around them, unleashing a powerful shockwave. But to focus only on this famous punch is to miss the true genius of this pugnacious crustacean. The mantis shrimp is a masterpiece of evolution, and its other adaptations are even more mind-bending. Join us as we uncover five truths that prove the mantis shrimp is not just a brawler, but a marvel of biological engineering, an evolutionary innovator, and a creature that perceives a world completely alien to our own. ...