Insights from probing the shock-absorbing layer within the crustacean’s club-like claw could inspire the design of tough new ...

Growing to around the length of a butter knife, peacock mantis shrimp have rainbow shells—usually blue, green, and yellow—and red legs. Their purple eyes sit on top of stalks above their head ...

A mantis shrimp's punch creates high-energy waves. Its exoskeleton is designed to absorb that energy, preventing cracking and tissue damage.

Their name comes from their rainbow-colored shells, which resemble a peacock’s beautiful feathers. A fearsome predator underwater, mantis shrimp have eight pairs of legs. Three pairs are for ...

ViralHog Peeping Peacock Mantis Shrimp Posted: January 14, 2025 | Last updated: January 14, 2025 Occurred on May 20, 2023 / Lembeh, Sulawesi, Indonesia Info from Licensor: "A Peacock mantis shrimp ...

One of the most impressive creatures in the ocean, every centimetre of the peacock mantis shrimp radiates colour ... Our three photoreceptors reveal a rainbow to us - but we can't begin to imagine the ...

Peacock mantis shrimp have 12 types of colour receptors – four times as many as humans. Cuban snails come in many different colours, no two individuals are the same.