Funky Materials Give the Mantis Shrimp Its Powerful Punch
Imagine for a second that you\u2019re a crab, and a fellow crustacean called a mantis shrimp has decided to make you its lunch. The truth is, it\u2019s not worth struggling. The mantis shrimp uses muscles to cock back two hammer-like appendages under its face, storing energy in a saddle-like divot in the limbs.