The Mantis Shrimp has a "hammer" that it uses to crack open clams. Watch (and hear!) as the shrimp smashes the clam shell to pieces, and then drags its catch into its cave.
It might seem like a joke but for this size and strength its actually insane, if humans had the same power we could break down a stone walls with our fists.
The Mantis Shrimp is definitely the guy who squeezes the bag of chips until it pops open rather than opening it normally, or better yet takes a knife and punctures the bag and opens it that way.
what’s impressive is that it’s in the water doing that with such force and speed if a human does that under water it wouldn’t be fast and strong. Imagine if the mantis shrimp does it outside of the water it could break the shell a whole lot more quicker
No. They slow down their punches because on air the water doesn't slow down and absorb some of the power that the punch creates so they slow it down as to not injury theirselves.
mantis shrimp body is tuned to punch with the resistance of water in mind. and since water heavier than air, if the shrimp try to punch full power out of the water, its arm can literally fly off its body
This is literally horrifying lmao. Imagine just chillen in your dark ass room, then hear banging on the door only to see that a alien like creature is trynna break in and eat you. Rip clammy
Does anyone else find it simply Incredible that any biological form of life can achieve such a feat? You're literally hearing a sonic boom with its fist!
On that note, raise your hand if you believe evolution and adaptation over millions of years could produce such a thing. If you did, you are admitted to the Church of Darwin. Now, about that creator god Joel Osteen made millions of dollars talking about in his mega-church. Why would an all-knowing god create Mantis shrimp and clams? By the way, the Mantis shrimp, the zoologists call it that, is not actually a shrimp. Google it.
Heck, it's already hard for us to do something as a punch underwater bc of the resistance, and not only this mantis does it, but it also does it with enough power to be clearly heard outside of the tank
Because the appendages are small and also don't get much water resistance. Stick your hand in a fish tank or sink filled with water and finger flick the side. It has just as much power as this shrimp. Cover your finger tip with something hard and you can break glass or crack the shell of this thing with your finger as well.
@@Bitchslapper316 don’t get me wrong, humans can flick pretty hard. I have no doubt that you or I could flick a shrimp across the room. But this shrimp can leave a bloody tear in your flesh from a single flick.
Actually, that's why the mantis shrimp exists, because evolving to crack open some inaccesible crustaceans would allow him to occupy a niche in the food chain that wasn't exploited by any almost other animals.
It’s crazy to think that after that first punch that clam is most likely already dead. Those punches are powerful enough to break human skin through a steel toed boot.
Imagine the first person to find these little guys. Probably got his finger broken to splinters and everyone laughed their asses off when he said it’s from a shrimp lol.
@@-Untitled- Called "sea locusts" by ancient Assyrians, "prawn killers" in Australia,[5] and now sometimes referred to as "thumb splitters"-because of the animal's ability to inflict painful wounds if handled incautiously[6]-mantis shrimps have powerful raptorials that are used to attack and kill prey either by spearing, stunning, or dismembering. Some mantis shrimp species have specialised calcified "clubs" that can strike with great power, while others have sharp forelimbs used to seize the prey (hence the term "mantis" in its common name).
@@carlosandleon I must be mistaken then. The documentary I watched was wrong. A quick Google Search dose in deed say 1817. It must have been the 80s when they started to test them and thought there was two different kinds, but it turned out they were the same.
Not sure if it’s the sleep deprivation or what, but each tap the shrimp made felt like it shook my core - and it wasn’t particularly loud either. Cool stuff
@@crackhead6017 I don't know anything about raising them. Just that their punch has equivalent force to firing a .22 Caliber Bullet, so you need glass that can withstand that kind of hit, repeatedly.
I agree! Though I suspect it is less pleasant if you are made of house and it was knocking on your front door like this clam here Mantis Shrimps are the _It_ of the mollusk world
fun fact: These shrimps must be kept in aquariums made of reinforced glass, because they can literally break the glass and break out of the aquarium if you put them in a normal one.
@@LegendLength hmm, good question. Being crustaceans, i would not expect them to be very social, and depending on size, they might find your hand-sausages rather appetizing.
@@LegendLength There's a video of one punching through a fisherman's boot (and a rather sturdy looking one at that) and drawing a pretty good amount of blood.
Okay you say that, but these guys CAN break their glass. The claw movements of the mantis shrimp is so fast that it hits twice: one from the claw, and second from the resulting shockwave from moving so fast underwater. They are badass.
Gotta ask about those fisherman or anyone who encountered this badboy of a mean shrimp for the firat time. Did they mistaken the shrimp for lobster's cousins? Did they survived the punches with all bones in the fingers intact?
Honestly, this just made me appreciate how strong a good clam shell is. It eventually broke, but it took quite a few hits from this One Punch Shrimp to final break a chunk off
Fun Fact! The strike of a Mantis Shrimp is so fast that it can literally evaporate the water around it through sheer kinetic heat, causing the surrounding water to collapse into the air pocket and create a second shockwave. This means that even if the initial hit missed, the secondary shockwave caused by the collapse could smack into prey and stun it, giving the Shrimp its meal anyways.
More fun fact: the punches are so fast it literally breaks water physics and causes cavitation bubbles which creates second burst of energy that even creates light in some situations, also these guys can sea 16 colors where humans can only see 3 ( Red ,Blue, Yellow ) these creatures can possibly see radio waves since it was proven that they can even see polarized light.
@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 not only that, but the use of the word "colors" isn't right either. I think they meant to say cones, which is the receptors in our eyes that allow us to see colors. We have red blue and yellow cones, so we can see colors those cones create. The fact that they have 16 cones and we only have 3 makes it sound much more impressive lol
@@evilgenius97 If you have a fish tank, stick your hands in it and crack your fingers. It sounds really weird. I haven't tried it any other container, it's possible that it sounds different with different materials and liquids.
"Knock knock" Clam:Whose tehre?(asks boastful cuz shell unbreakable) Mantis shrimp: its me😀 Calm:Who? (Asks now a little bit worried) Mantis shrimp: Death....
@@jeskoschulte299 Um... how does that relate in any way? Try snapping or punching or shooting a gun in a body of water and see how many people hear it...
@@MeidoInHebun that's not true, sound does travel better in water, however it really does not matter here, since we humans would never be able to move fast enough in water to create a large enough force for others to hear outside the water.
@@samiam619 what I meant was that most people usually open and shuck clams with knives, right? There are some bigger ones that need a hammer and a chisel to open them. And here the shrimp be like: He he, punch go brrr.
@@anomaly395 So do we though: sweating; excellent 3d, coloured, and motion tracking vision; ability to not only form words and sentences, but fictional ideas to coöperate in truly massive groups; ability to make tools and throw projectiles. There's a reason we are the worlds apex predator, we just take our own "powers" for granted.
@@daudabdulhakimnaufal9832 I guess I could have said it packs a punch, but it's funnier as the kick idiom and it's more of a kick with the kicking motion.
EnteHS dUb "It was a loud knock, and then another, and another,..repeatedly. Mr.Clam refuses to open his door, the knocking gets more intense and hard as time goes by.Finally when his door has been broken open, a face appears between the cracks, whispering words Mr.Clam knows will be his last to hear: "Here's Johnny!" The End." idk plz dont judge me
The fact that you can clearly hear the hits even through water and a glass panel proves how powerful that hit is Edit: I know sound travels faster and better in water because of more molecules, but for such a small animal to make one of its limbs accelerate faster than a car in a fraction of a second, to inflict destruction to other objects is truly remarkable
Just a fact: The “punch” a mantis shrimps does is at the speed of sound. Which is why you can both hear the amount of force exerted and the underwater bubbles forming above where he strikes. Captive ones have been known to break glass.
@@aceclover758 reminds me of tiger pistol shrimp. They do something similar, only it's so fast they make vacuum bubbles in the water which collapse and make light.
