Shrimp That Can Break Glass

The mantis shrimp possesses two incredibly strong arms that it uses to eat attack and eat its prey.

Shrimp that can break glass. Mantis shrimp peacock mantis shrimps breaking glass and other facts video james ayre april 14 2013 the mantis shrimp periodically makes its way into the news thanks to the bright and colorful bodies of the some of the species and their interesting behavior abilities. The club of a mantis shrimp can easily break quarter inch glass and the shell of a crab. These clubs reach speeds. And even then its usually only the large heavyweight smashers like peacocks that are truly capable of it unless the tank has unusually thin glass.

There are many types of mantis shrimp and not all can break glass. There are two main types of mantis ones that smash and ones that spear. Mantis shrimp are the only ones that could break glass. Mantis shrimp may reach only about 6 inches in length but they pack quite a punch with their clubs appendages they slam down on prey with incredible velocity and power.

The mantis stores energy in its arm. The club s point of impact is made of crystals similar to the ones in our bones but much more perfectly aligned. This video was shot with my own camera at my h. This allows for a force of 4 giga pascals to be sustained and not break.

Mantis murder shrimp slow motion smarter every day 121 youtube. Treenuh the mantis shrimp hitting some crabs taking some food slammin some clams and chippin a lil glass. Destin from smarter every day visits australia to discover how the mantis shrimp uses physics to generate enough power to break through glass and crab shells. Large smashers are the ones that normally can break.

Such as breaking glass aquariums.