World's Fastest Punch | Slow Motion Mantis Shrimp | Earth Unplugged

The peacock mantis shrimp has the world's fastest feeding strike of any animal. Can Sam and Si capture this lightning fast punch? Subscribe: bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthUnplugged
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[@hld2142]

One Punch Shrimp.

[@markaquino5326]

edi wow

[@vampyricon7026]

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[@outandaboutafterthestorm]

just came looking for this comment. 😆

[@samulalimo6615]

One Punch MAN tis

[@45Mang]

Samu Lalimo BAM!

[@talos2967]

You forgot that they also have the most amazing eyes of any creature in the world. They can even see colors we can't imagine.

[@bkjeong4302]

+TerkoizMcwizard Polarized light too.

[@rumham7631]

wrong wrong wrong, that is the MANTIS SHRIMP not the pistol shrimp. Pistol Shrimp are nearly blind, actually.

[@MADSCRYBE]

A Very Nice Guy this is about the mantis shrimp lol

[@beanboi_13]

Jaime Deville color spectrums but yes

[@clarencechung122]

so basically a creature on LSD and cocaine

[@timsanderson5572]

Bubba would be proud: there's boiled shrimp, lemon shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp sandwich, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp that will break your bones… That's that's about it!

[@applesauceilike]

Shrimp punch

[@lfuckeggs8604]

well actually a peacock mantis shrimp will kill you if it punches you there or anywhere the brain is super close. like the nose area

[@uncleruckus1160]

Kayden Burtz lol nobody is that dumb

[@lfuckeggs8604]

yeah they are I knew a guy who thought his gun was on safety and shot him self in his thigh ,lucky he missed the femoral artery

[@multitheme6308]

Forice gump

[@whoeverwhoever400]

wow i just wonder how hard the mantis shrimp's shell is. they can break any other shells but not their own claws.

[@bayabooz4855]

It’s called perfect form, jk

[@GrizzlyAdams94]

A couple of British guys filming stuff in slow motion, huh? Sounds awfully familiar to me XD

[@snazzy_pickle4562]

+GrizzlyAdams94 hahahaha #GavinAndDan

[@jasonsetter8360]

GrizzlyAdams94 today we will be doing a flamethrower in slow motion # Read more

[@funny36ful]

Jason setter z

[@ThePengumCrew]

TheSlowMoGuys are Australian.

[@snazzy_pickle4562]

***** haha funny

[@GreyerShade]

"We would've seen something really amazing if we had zoomed in and tried to show something amazing..... But instead we got this......."

[@justemusicme]

“woooooowwww that looks great” = hmm not really as cool as I thought it’d be. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@heyitsthatoneguy91]

Imagine how much force these could generate if they were like ..the size of a walrus

[@Taeryth]

Guys, come on. 1:30 into it and your editing is kinda lackluster -there's not enough time to focus on the shrimp because every time a punch goes off you immediately pan back to the reaction cams. It's disorientating, and a little bit annoying. If you really want the reaction cam, try showing it minimized in a corner whilst keeping the shrimp cam up and maximized, so it's possible to actually focus on it without being like *punch "Wow!" *punch "Amazing :0" I'm not trying to insult you. Whether you take my criticism as valid or not is your choice - my experience may be different to someone else's.

[@XiahouYuan111]

? They show it pretty clearly and in slow motion?

[@youwantmyname9208]

1:40 you're looking for this one?

[@jasonlee148]

These shrimps have been practicing the mantis style for a very long time!

[@Thing-jg1lm]

I love the Peacock Mantis Shrimp!!! It's so epic!!

[@alannatridy1604]

Apollo Creed approves this crustacean.

[@vxllntnzz]

a 7 years old commentary

[@yoelarmasjr.5660]

"To the mantis shrimp kung fu looks like tai chi"

[@JamesBalazs]

Now an incredibly graceful creature...

[@AlexraptorAquatic]

I just adore stomatopods. Used to have little G. Smithii that sadly passed away last year during a molt. But even those smaller mantises are really awesome animals.

[@OneTequilaTwoTequila]

I'm guessing that you're a virgin!

[@jasminecollins8584]

That is incredible!!!

[@LuckYeti]

Thank you for this video. You guys seem to have gotten some really awesome footage of this amazing creature, but much of the video was dedicated to three humans talking instead. Also, at around 1:09 and 1:17, there are reactions to something which seems to be exciting, but I'm not sure what it is. Some picture-in-picture could show reactions along with the animal's actions. I'd love to see that so I wouldn't have to guess. That way, we could react along with you! Looking forward to more!

[@ptsocr]

These shrimp are beautiful!

[@YoshyRyuDCC]

That, is how a Mantis Shrimp do.

[@gregorcameron8584]

What an amazing creature :)

[@SamuelDavidJohnson]

Best KZbin Channel

[@TheReefer17]

I'd like to point something out. Since comments get flooded that a pistol shrimp would kill a mantis your completely wrong. I've owned several species of Alpheus, Neogonodactylus, Gonodactylaceus, Odontodactylus, and Puesdosquilia. All my Alpheus freely roam in my 125 gallon reef. Numerous times my yellow tang, clownfish, and even the very same scarlet cleaner shrimp shown in the BBC video have been directly shot in the face when they got too close and no ill effects to this day. Pistol shrimp are SCAVENGERS, and they're HARMLESS there has been no evidence of a pistol shrimp killing anything. This snap is used to scared off predators and find mates, not for hunting and killing. The shrimp usually never leaves it's burrow ever and survives of the "Algae" and "Detrius" that grows and appears around their home. BBC is the ONLY source of info that shows a pistol shrimp killing something. BBC has a huge reputation for over dramatizing their work making things seem even more deadly than they really are. If you need video proof there is a video of a mantis shrimp of equal size get shot in the face numerous times and nothing happens.. the mantis eventually kills the pistol shrimp and steals the burrow. Here's my pistol shrimp peacefully living with another fish.. harmless.. infact they're blind and will pair up with certain shrimp gobies and work together.. they're too blind to even aim and hurt anything without the fish. I've been shot by him in the past... nothing. I was laughing at how pathetic the shot was after all the *rumors* out there. I stick my hand in his burrow alot and get shot at and just ignore it. Tiger Pistol Shrimp with Yellow watchman goby. Do they still make the "cavitation bubbles" that reach hotter than the sun? Yes but it has absolutly no effect except to make the loud snapping sound to "scare" away predators and call mates. In summary, my point is a pistol shrimp will NOT kill anything.. a mantis would kill the pistol shrimp hands down.. infact I've seen emerald crabs kill pistol shrimp before.

[@TheReefer17]

Made some grammer errors in that post.. as well as spelling.. forgot my coffee this morning.

[@TheReefer17]

Omaer Khan Actually very false. We can actively find and collect these animals as pets in shallow water. Not saying that they're aren't any that are found deeper but in summary to the race itself depth doesn't make that big of a difference. They're also very common and you can even see any store that sales saltwater fish selling a real live pistol shrimp. The water pressure theory between damage in an aquarium and damage in the ocean is very logical and makes sense but overall the animal is not ment to kill only to call and defend making it rather useless as a "weapon" If you saw this channel's video on pistol shrimp, even in a home aquarium (or in this case lab) you'll notice the cavitation bubble exploding.. if water pressure was an issue that wouldn't have happened. That species shown in the BBC video is none other than the curly cue pistol shrimp. These species host live curly cue anemones (which bbc failed to record the shrimp being with indicating how set up it was) and these species are yet another common one in the aquarium trade. I'm not exactly sure what the species name is but they often are just called curly cue pistol shrimp, carribean pistol, or red pistol (not to be confused for japanese pistol). They also go by the name "Snapping shrimp" rather than "pistol shrimp" to try to educate public away from the lack of proper knowledge the term "Pistol shrimp" now provides thanx to bbc.. Most people will walk into stores, see a pistol, and freak out like it's the end of the world when they won't harm anything in your tank. Now a mantis shrimp or more properly known as a stomatopod on the other hand is 100% true. Everything you hear about their punch, make light and heat, eyesight, etc is all entirely true. Their aggression varies between individguals but in general they can be killing machines. The only thing that gets confused is how much a stomatopod can see. Even I'm confused with the exact number of colors but often when refering to the punch you'll hear "Hits with the FORCE of a .22" it's not the force it's the ACCELERATION of a .22 which is a common mistake made by everybody.

[@zacharybawa475]

Wow Some people think pistol shrimps are dangerous.

[@TheBigAEC]

MirorBeeGaming Like there isn't recorded footage of male pistol shrimps shooting out to the death in a burrow, say they rarely use it to kill, it's a lot more accurate.

[@GokuInfintysaiyan]

MirorBeeGaming not hotter than the sun you ass hotter than the surface which is the coolest part of the sun. Lightning is hotter than the surface of the sun too but not hotter THAN the sun

[@SkyLordPanglot]

Google test "What animal are you" send me here. I wanted to see what the heck is this.

[@Marquishimo]

Sky Lord Panglot same

[@enderman6777]

Sky Lord Panglot Same

[@blobblobbyinson7804]

Sky Lord Panglot Yup XD

[@kyleng4290]

Sky Lord Panglot hey me too!

[@SkyLordPanglot]

Woah so much people here because of Google. Dont you guys think this animal is like pokemon? And it has really cool attack too according to this video!

[@KronicDecay666]

I caught one of these fishing once. Had no clue what it was until after. Even held it in my hand. Im lucky I didnt wind up with a broken hand or a large open wound.

[@jacobway468]

KronicDecay no

[@bayabooz4855]

Yea I saw a vid about a guy catching one fishing on a kayak, as soon as he pulled it into his kayak he got hit on the ankle and almost immediately blood started to come out on the bullet shaped wound lol

[@sortofanoakyafterbirth3661]

​@@bayabooz4855I just saw that and that's why I'm here lol. So yeah, it probably wouldn't do *too* much damage to a human. It could break a small bone i suppose. But I wouldn't expect a large gaping wound.

[@muhamadnova8761]

Amazing creature on Earth!! Supercool

[@mymetalcat]

How the hell did this shrimp get insane punching ability as well as arguably the best eyesight, able to see around 16 colors?

[@star-sprangledfan145]

I think its 16,000 or 160,000. We can even see more than 16 colours

[@MrYFM2]

I've watched 3 amazing and fascinating videos from you guys and congrats! you've earned yourself a brand new subscriber! XD

[@earthunplugged]

In this episode of Slo Mo, Sam and Si try to capture the lightning-fast punch of the peacock mantis shrimp...

[@bananarama3624]

I thought that it was not advised to hold them in a glass tank (other than probably bullet proof glass) because their punch is too strong.

[@JaminiPadhi]

Slow motion has revealed another secret. Keep going guys.

[@idontknowkarate]

omg this is an amazing video

[@DrRiq]

They literally have boxing gloves 🥊🥊

[@weemannesbitt]

Great Job guys keep it up, Would love to see a Flycatcher in slow mo.

[@elimatisa44]

exceptionnel !!!

[@DJL-oz3ft]

amazing

[@vaporiiz]

impressive

[@ophiolatreia93]

It's beautiful

[@uncensoredmusic1337]

That mantis shrimp can smash the glass of the aquarium you have

[@skat1140]

That link to the TED talk about mantis shrimp is dynamite!

[@Crybaby-wl4gn]

one punch!!!!

[@ravenshireful]

This is a rare video produced by BBC that is not full of lies... I even liked :)

[@pinotchio]

Terra formar bring me here Keiji Maeda

[@bradfugere9506]

What would happen if you put 2 mantis shrimps together? Would they fight each other?

[@Disaster724]

They fight, there's a few cool videos about it

[@sophiecheng6240]

That’s a killer right hook

[@Happy_Slappy2_0]

Image chillaxin on the ocean floor just taking pictures of the ocean life and having this thing punch your nuts.

[@SAIRAVITEJABHAMIDIPATI]

8000 freaking G! Man that is one badass shrimp!

[@Azaraeleader]

That is how a mantis shrimp do.

[@zarni000]

what happens if he decides to hit the aquarium glass

[@derGhebbet]

Then you have a broken aquarium and a dead shrimp.

[@screamified409]

only smaller aquariums will break not bigger ones but its very intelligent..

[@didyoustealmyfood8729]

it won't crack the aquarium once acquainted with it. just make sure you don't keep it hungry.

[@lagrenouilleextraordinaire]

I've come up here by watching Terra Formars

[@maklogaming1960]

yeah me too

[@bluestrike01]

Its crazy amazing that they even can break off an claw of a crab bigger than him. In just one hit!

[@SparshitaNag]

Wow....Imagine this thumb splitter shrimp punching on your skull. A crack there can be difficult!

[@jacobway468]

Sparshita Nag it wouldn’t crack a skull

[@jamietuttle1812]

And the other amazing thing is they punch so fast and hard the the water around the strike hits temps close to the surface of the sun so it not only hit with 100's of G's worth of force in a millisecond but it also cooks what ever it is hitting..

[@RyanJosepT]

Error 404: Chance of survival from a Mantis Shrimp punch not found

[@GloryToMasterKohga.]

Fun fact mantis shrips can see the most colors

[@arachnidguy1632]

Peacock mantis shrimp that's my boy

[@theduder2617]

Some forms of life deserve a whole lot of leave alone so to speak. These shrimp can have their space. I'll just watch from a distance. lol

[@Theonlynathan90]

That's as quick as a bullet shot!

[@nuclearwinter21]

Yeah, actually it can split someone's skin with its snap.

[@spectrumbots4268]

The Mantis Shrimp should be a boss for the next Punch-Out game!

[@nileshdarunde]

One punch shrimp

[@TheMrPhilGAME]

I'm dead

[@jenniferzamora8206]

Omg 10/10

[@quinceanerajones9212]

Mantis shrimp OP

[@chrisrobertson7982]

If Mickey from the movie "Snatch" was a shrimp.

[@EvilstaTV]

terra formars brought me here

[@Ytremz]

Pretty much lol

[@iTechRevolutionTV]

I learned hell a shit about biology (especially, animals) from terra formars.

[@carleenhernandez9527]

cool!

[@Pyrofreak5979]

Nice video. I would love to see a tarantula strike in slow-mo

[@baconsoap8967]

Good to see Papa Franku on a t-shirt once in a while.

You should made a slow motion video of the Mantis Shrimp punching a Prince Rupert's Drop. That would be certainly astonishing.

[@sirbriskets]

Now imagine star platinum mantis shrimp

[@geniusnews2833]

True inspiration for Bruce Lee !Beginning inspirations always come from nature! So if you want to learn to punch hard here is your Ipman in an Dojo Aquarium!!

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

"To a mantis shrimp, Kung fu looks like tai chi." Zefrank

[@Quokkaraman]

I reckon i still could take it on.

[@jafll141]

I'll never eat another shrimp in my life.

[@jadeuu24]

You guys should do a slow motion of an edgehog on the defensive when they roll in a ball.

[@LiMa625]

Congrats you found a new comment

[@briangalloway3684]

Proof you can do plenty of damage with a small unit

[@breakdancerQ]

I bet that thing couldn't knock me out

[@jacobway468]

Kid Power no

[@unvergebeneid]

Good to know this phenomenon at least has been turned into a meme :)

[@joshuawesley9461]

Oraaa!

[@theonionqueen3519]

Imagine if humans evolved like mantis shrimp!

[@ccluv05]

Would like to see how the Mantis shrimps punch feels. If one were to actually make contact, how painful would it be? Are you able (or even willing) to try it out?

[@austindumler1604]

Imagine a mantis shrimp in a boxing tournament

[@RodneyDodson]

What’s the material made of? Must be very durable if it can punch clam shells without breaking itself.

[@gronsicle]

I would like to see a slow mo of a pistol shrimp!

[@phantrucly5850]

wow

[@tariqsalha9126]

Cool

[@musta_aldren7255]

damn, mantis shrimp punch fast that it creates small pulse of lights.

[@andrei-eb7kf]

BOOM!

[@arliftum382]

i second this

[@fakhirfahmi8406]

shrimp got hands

[@CardboardSliver]

Shrimp of the North Star.

[@mariapatino1197]

The mantis shrimp hits prity hard

[@Arceus-dicklick]

They're called the thumb breaker for a reason

[@matte909]

Should try another mantis shrimp with the spears instead of the hammers. Would be really cool

[@fakename789]

I'm just imagining someone discovering this little guy trying to pick him up only to end up with a broken finger.

[@jacobway468]

Fake Name they usually don’t break bones it usually doesn’t hurt

[@firstnamelastname-sx5vw]

My learning sent me here.

[@micksquizzy]

Too the mantis shrimp kung fu looks like tai chi

[@micksquizzy]

***** You're not the first to tell me that lol

[@jamesambrocio]

from ze frank

[@n.sheppard-turner2112]

Hate to say it, but I recognize your avatar.

[@teresatalley6885]

Cant wait for shrimp vs crowfish

[@sarengsnath]

Project Power brings me here !

[@Nanomachines5on]

One Punch....Shrimp?

[@gembocobo9484]

Playing animal D&D with this beast of a puncher >..

[@b0sanac]

That's awesome. Can you do the same with a pistol shrimp?

[@fabulously695]

It probably isn't amazing but I would like to see a freashwater shrimp, like a sukara cherry shrimp swimming forwards, I've always wondered what those swimmerets look like when they swim