How mantis shrimp evolved many shapes with same powerful punch

Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 13:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The miniweight boxing title of the animal world belongs to the mantis shrimp, a cigar-sized crustacean whose front claws can deliver an explosive 60-mile-per-hour blow akin to a bullet leaving the barrel of a gun.

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