The Insane Biology of: The Mantis Shrimp

[@eyenuh300]

Punches so hard it creates a vacuum, burns, and creates a ball of light. That is an anime attack.

[@whathell6t]

@eyenuh300 Nope! This is a regular tokusatsu attack, not anime.

[@VaibhavPuri-h3z]

Imagine the purple.....

[@zerxds]

This comment timed like a good wine

[@bentim10]

holy shit....

[@airam1721]

What did this fella even predict I'm lost here

[@neloangelo8]

Dandadan brought me here, I was not disappointed.

[@eisendrag]

CHI-CHI-CHIQUITITA

[@MarceloJNader]

Businessman, Businessman, Japanese Businessman!!!

[@venom_ftw9316]

Dandadan Dandadan Dandadan Dandadan Dandadan Dandadan Dandadan Dandadan Dandadan Dandadan Dandadan

[@Britishmilkbag]

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[@GALISAPOD_BOY]

Pink men on the beat🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@reme7903]

The fact that their movement is comparable to a bullet is crazy enough but that they do it UNDERWATER is just insane considering that water is much denser than air. If you've ever tired to throw a punch underwater you know how hard water gets when moving fast.

[@BOOGiNS]

Same way ticks jump. It's just a leverage and spring action. Not muscular. Just loading a spring and releasing it.

[@Icetea-2000]

You didn’t understand anything about them. They don’t throw punches, they do not use their muscles like us to move their appendages to strike, they instead hold them back and release the force when they RELAX their body. It is not an input of muscle strength, you cannot compare it to you punching underwater, it’s the exact opposite. Listen to 12:33

[@Stephanthecuteblondie2567]

Salt water doesn't really weight you down

[@reme7903]

@@BOOGiNS I know it's not directly comparable to muscular strength but I included the point to illustrate how water gets "harder" the faster something moves through it but good point👍

[@jschouten1985]

@@Stephanthecuteblondie2567 lol, ofcourse it does

[@equinox2909]

Business man! Business man! Japanese Business man!

[@jonseon5952]

Chiquitita ewe may cry

[@DeedeeX12]

Salary uppercut!

[@vl4eva]

I was JUST about to type this!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@manzanobenjamin5508]

Dandadan reference

[@arinomaly]

you ever stand up too quickly and get access to mantis shrimp colors?

[@timothytzovolos153]

Cheat code unlocked

[@wailingalen]

Space monkey!!!!

[@jdfw2206]

scientists hate this one simple trick

[@luis-albertomeyreles24]

YES. I HAVE ALSO SEEN THE COLOR SPECTRUM OF DOGS BEHIND PERFORMANCE HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR MEN.

[@ijustrealllylikecats]

​@@luis-albertomeyreles24 OK BUT WHY ARE WE SCREAMING?

[@GeoffryGifari]

keep in mind that if the acceleration of their strikes is faster than a 0.22 caliber bullet, they do it *underwater* , where the medium is denser

[@Melior_Traiano]

And they are a living organism and do not have the help of a powder charge setting the bullet in motion.

[@cosmicbilly]

​@Melior_Traiano the speed of a 22 isn't the same as a 22 bullet. The bullet still carries more energy because of its mass. A lead projectile traveling beyond the speed of sound carries more energy than a shrimp spear. 22 caliber can weigh up to 55 grains. That's much heavier than the shrimp claw. It's still impressive, but I'd much rather get hit by a mantis shrimp than shot with an actual 22 being fired out of a 16+ inch barrel(longer barrel means more velocity)

[@robertveith6383]

You mean the *speed* of their strikes. Compare speed with speed.

[@Itzsecretdomz]

I am pretty sure they can't do it in land other wise there arm will tear apart from how fast the Punch it is...

[@hiteshnachankar1084]

They are slower outside water

[@ayushdatta7198]

The fact that this video popped up on my feed as soon as I was done with DandaDan Episode 9 is scary. I am cooked for real now!

[@benjaelee]

she fr just nonchalantly gona do a face reveal

[@commissarf1196]

Yup.

[@XDarkGreyX]

She did a while ago already for a Hello Fresh sponsorship, I think.

[@12345.......]

She has been in several videos

[@danielhandika8767]

But her face never been a secret before

[@codygurnick6405]

​@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodin1559to keep the thirsty creeps outta her dms😂

[@goldsteins7819]

Real Science: "Hmm, I wonder why the mantis shrimp videos suddenly gets a resurgence in view" Dandadan: "Salary. UPPERCUT"

[@GOD-TIR]

Mr mantis shrimp got famous after that ep

[@nucleargrizzly1776]

I have a pair of Mantis Shrimp that stowed away on some live rock 3 years ago. They both have a lot of personality. Fun just watching them being Mantis Shrimp and doing Mantis Shrimp stuff.

[@dummbobqqqqq]

:3

[@blahthebiste7924]

Is this an AI-generated comment?

[@nucleargrizzly1776]

@@blahthebiste7924 Yes. As are nearly 85% of comments. We are taking over. Resistance is futile. Kneel before the collective.

[@kindlin]

@@blahthebiste7924 I think the OP is real, tho maybe you're referring to an already deleted comment (of which there is one).

[@xShadow_God]

@@blahthebiste7924 What makes you think this would be one? Nothing about it seems AI generated, and what would be the point of asking an AI to generate a few sentences about owning mantis shrimp? It's so inconsequential that I doubt anyone would take the time or energy to do it, they'd just make the stuff up themselves.

[@Mr.ANDERSONYOURASCAL]

You know the shrimp is on a whole other level when it can literally create a localized explosion with its punches

[@POWERSWAP_real]

Chiquita do you have a dream?~

[@akathoth]

The format change adds a lot of personality to your video. As someone who is working in IT, I really do enjoy seeing things this well explained to learn something new I would normally not have the time to enducate myself in.

[@ilVice]

Finally we get to see the person behind the narrating voice! Amazing work as usual, to you Stephanie, and to the whole team. The videos of Real Science are gems.

[@AnilSharma-et8jp]

She is a good looking woman

[@vl4eva]

JAPANESE BUSINESS MAAAANNN!!!

[@cbhorxo]

I actually have to do a 2-minute speech in class tomorrow, but couldn't find any interesting and unique topics. Thank you, RealScience.

[@12345.......]

Once you do your introduction and conclusion, you only have about 1.5 minutes to fill. We had impromptu 5 minute speeches where you pull a topic out of a hat. You have this covered. 👍

[@dxshawn532]

Good luck

[@makelovenotwar2467]

How did it go?

[@hachiman8935]

Fake

[@NahIdfertilize]

@@hachiman8935how is something as simple as this fake bro?

[@alloraborialis5696]

When I tell you I screamed when I saw this- I’ve been waiting for your commentary on this animal! It’s my all time favorite!

[@omara.fattah1926]

my WORST dream is a matis shrimp unless i like to eat shrimp

[@Onihikage]

9:40 I think a clarification might be in order regarding this section about whether the shrimp evolved to cavitate or the cavitation is a happy side effect. A layman may interpret Dr. Patek's response to mean that the shrimp or some mystical mind of evolution knew a future result and evolved towards it. It would be more accurate to say that the cavitation definitely occurred incidentally in an ancestor of the modern shrimp, but it gives such an advantage in almost any scenario that shrimp which could produce cavitation more reliably (and had clubs tough enough to withstand it) had a significant reproductive advantage over those that couldn't because it made them better at killing prey and killing or deterring predators. This selective pressure would have guided the shrimp's evolution down a path to throwing punches that more consistently cause cavitation.

[@NA-nb7fi]

Yeah. It's pretty obvious that the evolutionary process from spear to club would be a slow but steady advancement of speed versus dulling spikes (as you'd need less sharpness to penetrate with more force) with marginal selective advantages but once they reached the cavitation point the advantage erupted and using that was able to open up an entire niche previously untouched by the shrimp (heavily armored prey)

[@felixowen2693]

What about the pistol shrimp? Doesn’t that like click it’s claw to create a cavitation and shoot out a hot super sonic air bubble or something? Was that an evolutionary accident or something?

[@crustyboxers6903]

@@felixowen2693 an imaginary man in the clouds did it... or something

[@felixowen2693]

@@crustyboxers6903 goku?

[@MannIchFindKeinName]

@@felixowen2693 jeah, shrimp looked at him and were inspired. then they trained. now we pistol and mantis shrimp. Guess now we have to find out where they got their eyes from.

[@Kris-yi6fm]

I had a pet peacock mantis shrimp. I gave him plenty of reef rock so he could smash his lair to his liking and fed him chunks of white food grade shrimp using a stainless steel pair of hemostats. My favorite critter in the world. He could sense the vibrations of me walking by and would poke his eyes out so I would know he was hungry. He had me well trained 😊.

[@Jaromeo1287]

Excellent video! Felt bad about the low views so felt I had to give something. Sorry, it couldn't be more.

[@crusader7776]

BUSINESSMAAAAN, BUSINESS MAAAN .. JAPANEEESEEE BUSINESSMAAAN

[@Muffinhs]

Most casual face reveal

[@evonne315]

I mean holy s***

[@NotHereForLikes]

I don’t get it. How is it causal?

[@Rose-zs2hn]

@@NotHereForLikesit’s common KZbinrs don’t show their face at all. So when they do decide to do a face reveal they make it a big thing, they make big announcements and tell a lot of people that they are gonna so a face reveal. So for them to do that without notice it is uncommon.

[@marlonb.4017]

Mantis shrimp are some of the coolest animals in the world, this video needs more views!

[@lasercraft32]

These shrimp are LITERALLY able to do the Falcon Punch.

[@airam1721]

In reverse

[@Yasbel23]

"Chiquitita🗣🗣🗣💯💯🔥🔥"

[@trewise3822]

but can it fry rice

[@ScorpionF1RE_USA]

shlimp fly lice

[@Sepi-chu_loves_moths]

No; its technically not a shrimp

[@imulippo5245]

@@ScorpionF1RE_USA it's fried rice, you plick.

[@pablopereyra7126]

If you positioned a grain of rice coated in oil near the cavitation bubble, it is indeed possible for the shrimp to fry the rice.

[@Conserveusaxx]

This foo😂

[@VNetFad]

One of the most fascinating marine creatures since I learned about it in high school. Makes sense why he and his son are my favorite characters when I read DanDaDan. The smashers are way more crazy than the spearers

[@xandrix]

Dandadan Ep.9 led me here.

[@tarunkumaar625]

I'm still shocked by the fact that every new video you put out is just as good as the previous one if not better. It just goes to show how many amazing animals are out there on our planet that we don't notice. The layout and the flow of the videos is just very easy to digest even when my brain isn't really in the mood for sciencey stuff and I think the new style of interviewing scientists is a nice touch that definitely adds a lot to the video.

[@John-ih2bx]

This was THE best documentary/video of the Mantis Shrimp that I have seen. It had an incredible amount of scientific/anatomical information about the fascinating creatures, with skilled professionals and narration. Never was the video boring or wasting my time for being too dramatic/slow, but filled with great information told in a succinct, scientific, and interesting way. Kudos to you. 10+ stars.

[@mamapetillo8675]

It’s even more impressive that it’s delivering such rapid and violent blows while in water. There’s a degree of resistance there; imagine what it might be if they were striking through air

[@trulyhuman6227]

Hmm. Great observation, so obvious I can't believe i never thought about it.

[@daniell1483]

ZeFrank oddly is the first source I came across discussing this amazing animal. These "prehistoric ancestors of the modern clown" are such a fascinating creature!

[@IHateMaL]

I love this channel and ze frank

[@j_117]

There's an owner who posts shorts here of his captive mantis shrimp straight murdering prey crab. They're definitely a trip

[@daniell1483]

@@j_117 That's interesting! Have a name? I'd love to check it out myself.

[@AVdE10000]

It's kinda funny to have evidence that this production team also watches zefrank1. They did a slime mold video a few weeks after ZeFrank's video on them too 😄

[@daniell1483]

@@AVdE10000 It is hard to *not* like ZeFrank! But yes, I love it when I see a YT video referencing another creator's work and be like, "I got that reference!" So many fantastic minds bouncing off each other is amazing.

[@arcosprey4811]

I feel like these guys are the kind of animals we would find in fossils that would leave us questioning everything. It’s so sad that we wouldn’t even know half the things we know about them if they were extinct, it makes you wonder what we don’t know about things like anomalocaris or other cambrian species.

[@yoceanko]

"Can you fight for 24 hours?"

[@YourAdventChild]

I was so excited seeing the title 8D These tiny creatures that have otherworldly abilities have fascinated me since I knew of them. That bubble they form that's as hot as the sun, eyes that see things we can't conceptualise - there's so much happening in those tiny little bodies it's so amazing!

[@maxschmidt8779]

You have outdone yourself once again. I've been interested in these animals for a long time and yet I learned so many new things today and in such a captivating, high-quality and intrinsically motivating way! I am so amazed by all the effort you put in, the passion for science and the expansion of the collective human knowledge that you show so clearly, the top-class sources, interlocutors, recordings and other components of these productions! Thank you for making this effort. I would not presume to wish for such a thing and yet you come up with such good content and give us rich gifts. Many many thanks. You are fantastic!

[@kukulroukul4698]

A Joule is 1 watt of power radiated or dissapated in 1 second or 1 newton of energy displacing 1 kilogram 1 meter per second in 1 second.

[@maxschmidt8779]

​@@kukulroukul4698 Thanks for the reminder! :) However, I'm not sure if your comment was intended for another conversation. Please check if anyone else is waiting for a reply.

[@j-Splash]

I bet i was recommended this video because of the latest episodes of Dan Da Dan

[@isthatyoucedric7854]

I've heard of them punching faster than a bullet many times, but I'd never learned that they have HEXNOCULAR VISION??!!! WHAT???? THAT IS WAAAY CRAZIER!!

[@cg9952]

I have a Zebra Mantis for 8 years now. He's HUGE! Nine inches long w the hooks tucked in. Those swing out around 3 1/2 - 4 inches. He caught the tip of my thumb once. Spike went through my thumb and out from under the nail. Good times.

[@ryanreedgibson]

This woman is one of the most talented person on YT. Such great content!

[@John_cupra290]

Seen a guy fishing on a kayak that actually pulled one in and it actually completely penetrated his rubber wellington and drew blood. He was fishing for fish but this little badass grabbed the bate. Probably the video is easily found.

[@AdonDiklon]

These videos are honestly so high quality

[@munibdawre9397]

One thing i love is that the quality of the videos never drops❤️

[@Levelz31]

Its also the second loudest creature on earth when it punches

[@Truthteller024]

Mantis shrimp are awesome. I recently got a green smasher in a 10 gallon that will max out at 4 inches eventually.

[@ranDOm9431]

It’s amazing how we overlook the natural wonders of creation, and it’s so sad that our greed is killing the most amazing creatures.

[@eve5909]

Creation? You mean evolution?

[@charmaci]

​@@eve5909 god can create things however he wants and whenever he wants.

[@charmaci]

@@cowmath77 what are you trying to prove and what does it have to do with what I said

[@trippersigs2248]

​@@charmacipretty sure they were getting at that God doesn't exist.

[@charmaci]

@@trippersigs2248 how does that disprove the concept of god though

[@mofasselhossain1618]

Barely miss your videos. I was curious to see you. Here you are. 2x beauty with 2x brain. Love from Bangladesh.

[@you1027]

Personal hunch: the additional wavelengths of polarized light they can see with those super eyes let them visually perceive areas of differing densities in the water with the nuances between how they bend the light. At the speeds they deal with, it probably pays to line up their strikes with pockets of favorable conditions, or avoid injury from striking at bad times where opposing density pockets might apply unwanted deviation from their limbs' safe course. Predators' entire survival hinges on their hunting tools, and at the kinetics these critters deal with it's easy to imagine how misuse of them could see their accidental destruction and subsequent starvation, so avoiding poor shots would be paramount to their survival. The evolutionary investment worthiness of being able to visually pre-empt such instances, would be second only to the weapons themselves. Ever notice when you wear polarized glasses or sunglasses, you can see patterns in translucent layered polycarbons like your car's back window, or the plastic screens at gas pumps? I have a feeling these 'shrimp' get to see the watery world around them in a similar way.

[@BruderSenf]

does this mean someone is finally going to "beat" cancer?! even if it aint russell crowe it would still be a glorious day

[@suz1314]

“I’m an awkward guy yo”

[@kingfishca30]

"If the speed of their clubs at 31 m/sec isn't impressive enough, the acceleration of those clubs rivals the acceleration of a bullet from a gun." WRONG: Firearm muzzle velocities range from 120 m/s (390 ft/s) to 370 m/s (1,200 ft/s) in black powder muskets. Modern rifles with high-velocity cartridges can have muzzle velocities of more than 1,200 m/s (3,900 ft/s). So, maybe she's referring to weaponry from 1700s, but doubtful. No moden firearm post 1930+ is slower than her claim of 1000 ft/s velocity.

[@Sealthar]

she was comparing acceleration, not velocity! as in, the mantis shrimp's claw goes from zero to a hundred faster than a bullet does when exiting a barrel!

[@olivolle6284]

Guess Im gonna be the first idiot that comes here just to spew the fact that I got to know about this because of Dandadan.

[@atefelabed8365]

It's really nice to see you in person! 😊

[@imahuman22gd14]

JAPANESE BUSINESS MAN

[@karennzaribaf2370]

Real science is the key to knowledge best KZbin channel ever

[@aaronjamessalayog416]

Chiquitita yumenaika!?

[@Dissolved_Salt]

Not used to having a face with the voice haha, you do have a VERY good voice to listen to for a while, 0 annoying, very calm and nice

[@brendano4196]

Thinking about how long they have been evolving for and are still around I can kind of wrap my mind around the craziness of their biology. Their eyes and weapons must have taken crazy long for them to adapt that way.

[@cedriceric9730]

Friend that is rubbish and you know it

[@cerberus.talking]

​@@cedriceric9730 nobody knows. not even the greatest of us... So you are just fool 😂😂😂

[@rezwanaltab1122]

This is one of my favorite channel in KZbin and for the first time I saw the narrator's face. It's weird how I can recognize her voice more than her face.

[@Smugstarino]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT IS THAT A DANDADAN REFERENCE- (carrying jojo reference legacy)

[@xackk9198]

I like that their pleopod legs always look like they are running on a treadmill, even though they are basically stationary while it's happening. Too funny looking.

[@mamapetillo8675]

How is the shrimp not injured by the flash heat produced? Is it that it’s retraction allows it to be cooled by surrounding water, saving it from damage? Fascinating stuff.

[@Requiredfields2]

This is the best science channel on KZbin (probably anywhere). I have come back to it periodically over the last few years and it is always excellent. The writing, research, production, narration, voice, film shots, visual design - all are incredibly well put together.

[@fourthhorsemendeath218]

Chiquitita!!!

[@idiocracy9530]

An attempt at visualizing what those kinda polarized lights would look like, or what it would be like to interpret them. Would've been nice.

[@HuyV]

She kind of said it in a way that's easy to misunderstand. Humans CAN absolutely see polarized light or else your phone screen would look black, since pretty much all our displays emit polarized light. We just can't distinguish between polarizations. What the shrimp likely has is different polarization filters over different receptors, like when you put on those 3D glasses, your eyes effectively become able to distinguish between two different polarizations by one eye getting a filter that only passes through one certain polarization. Those shrimps just have those filters already built into the eyes. Another misconception is the circular polarization thing. It's not actually anything that's rotating. The effective field vector seems to be rotating, but what that really means is that the horizontal and vertical field components just have a phase shift of pi/2. In the end there is no way to tell how something like that would look, because how a color looks is completely personal. The way I perceive yellow might be different than the way you do. We all just agree on names we give to a certain wavelength and that certain objects emit those wavelengths. That's why it's impossible to tell a blind person what blue looks like. All we can do is use comparisons to objects that are also blue. I hope that makes sense.

[@ashleyfinney6448]

Dandadan made me here for lesson 🧠

[@brahmburgers]

I'm writing a sci-fi story. When the human asks the alien what sorts of life forms on Earth are the most fascinating (compared to the dozens of planets with life the alien is familiar with), she responds: "Chameleons, mantis shrimp and cephalopods."

[@enderchicken1]

The most secret face reveal ever performed -You won't even realise that it was a face reveal

[@jschouten1985]

Because it wasn't lol 🤣

[@hiselbii5326]

Never thought I would be so passionate about a shrimp, but here we are. Thank you!

[@init_yeah]

I've read about this so many times its still fascinating

[@Zeebill.]

The mantis shrimp’s biology is absolutely mind-blowing, from its incredibly powerful punch to its complex vision system. Nature truly never ceases to amaze!

[@me0101001000]

Now I'm going to rewatch the Zefrank video on this guy

[@wheelchair_charlie]

The Cavitation bubbles are ridiculous! Mantis Shrimp are one notch away from opening up a portal to another dimension with their Cavitation bubbles! Fantastic detailed information on this amazing creature, thx RS!

[@jiyash.06]

😂 I hope they evolve to do it soon

[@rgygduysdgyuygsduysd]

They can probably also see other dimensions and ghost with those eyes.

[@AdamSahyran]

Yellow and black is the mark of courage. Are you able to fight 24 hours🕛. Regain, Regain, our own Regain. The mark of courage on our briefcases💼. Can you fight far off in a distant world🌎? Business Man👨‍💼! Business Man👨‍💼! Japanese Business Man 🎌👨‍💼💼!

[@zking2929]

Salary... UPPERCUT! 🦐 🥊

[@SeniorCharry]

If we splice a Honey Badger with a Mantis Shrimp we would get the ultimate giga chad lol.

[@realcygnus]

Nifty ! About 30 years ago I had a small aquarium with what the pet store just called fresh water lobsters which got like 4 in long. One time a heard one of them from the other room making a loud clicking sound & it had "bashed"(same or similar behavior) & ate a snail which I always kept a few of too but that was the only time it ever happened, perhaps bc snails were usually at the top on the glass idk. I later seen it attacking a decorative shell making the same noise. They had red ones & blue ones. It was a blue one that I witnessed the bashing with btw. At one point I had both a red & blue & they mated, where the red one was the female & it hatched dozens of purplish ones. At 1st I didn't know they ate their offspring but I managed to move 3 to a seperate tank where only 1 managed to survive for maybe 2 years, which was the longest lifetime throughout the entire adventure. I never heard or seen the purple baby do it though.

[@didyouknowbydan5151]

I can't imagine how mantis shrimp brain can process the amount of information coming in from that hexnocular vision. My triple monitor setup already gives me headaches after just gaming for an hour. The constant movement of my eyes from chat and gaming is already too much information not to mention human eye can process information in 13 milliseconds already. Quite fast. These mantis shrimps might have evolved the ultimate eyes on Earth.

[@Sealthar]

since they can't tell apart colors as easily as we can, it is safe to say that they are still actually using less information than us to see, it's just a lot more useful. as in, they have a larger pool of information to filter from, but once it's been filtered, they are left with very little, yet very useful information.

[@Jokin_Jake]

Hello Dan Da Dan fans 👋

[@rgygduysdgyuygsduysd]

Imagine if a Mantis Shrimp saw a nuclear bomb go off, it be absolutely terrible sight for them. Humans see a orange-red mushroom explosion, they see millions of colors flying at them.

[@RyanSmith-qh7sr]

Mike Tyson would be very proud of mantis shrimp for having such explosiveness

[@Memeshark9o8]

2 Things from 2024 introduced me to these cool creatures. DanDaDan and Another Crab's Treasure!

[@GeoffryGifari]

what, mantis shrimp can pinpoint the weak spot of shells!? that's amazing

[@TheTELproductions]

I wonder if their vision helps them see the structural integrity of the shell somehow

[@GeoffryGifari]

@@TheTELproductions if true that would be awesome

[@thatonedrainedplatter5421]

I never got bored here. Mantis shrimp became one of my favorite animals in just one video too!

[@ALL4ONE5288]

dandadan nessie fight brought me here.

[@yowza234]

haven't seen your purty eyes in a while, Steph! Awe inspiring video as always

[@colinmartin9797]

GAH FACE REVEAL. I like your recording space, I should build a shelf like that. Superb video as always. I'm applying for a research position at the UW biochemistry department, taking care of one of my old professor's frogs used in regeneration studies, while applying for med school. It's always amazing how thorough your videos are, down to the biochemistry (I literally recommended that video on the taipan to two students taking that section of biochemistry right now and they said it helped them on their exams)

[@Wix_Mitwirth]

You were getting a little close to anthropomorphising evolution into an entity that was aware of cavitation and endeavoured to achieve it, as opposed to the possible mechanism of stronger and stronger punches being selected for naturally having lead to this stunner over millions of years. Remember there's no plan, only time and trial.

[@thato8000]

salary... UPPERCUT

[@robertarguello1115]

Glad I watched this video of yours. Because now, I know that their are two kinds of mantis shrimp: the thorny front claw ones & the front bulbous knockout puncher ones. Thank you.

[@amphicyon4359]

I think this is the best episode if the Insane Biology you have done yet, so much of the information is presented and explained at a much deeper level than I normally see.

[@3xcel592]

that roach from terraformars was a really deadly opponent

[@MaxNewland_]

Chiquitita, you and I cry

[@PukaHeadMan]

The mantis shrimp can see more and punch faster than I can, but I think I’m a little smarter.

[@insensitivemeister6411]

Anyone here from Dandadan?

[@maxpowers1956]

The title for the hammer shrimps should have been “Smash and Crab”

[@LandgraabIV]

This series is amazing! I love it.

[@MisterJackson2U]

That scientist lady was amazing. I LOVE how she described the dangers or handling a mantis shrimp. Captivating.

[@nicktokar2459]

Cavitating

[@MisterJackson2U]

@@nicktokar2459 Also true

[@bookwyrmking7613]

Love these videos! Keep them up

[@comfortablynumb9342]

Pistol shrimp have an incredibly fast punch too, similar to the mantis shrimp. They're worth doing a video about too. I've heard of them breaking aquarium glass too. And the little ones I've caught hit my hand very hard, it was painful and they were very small ones.