Name: The shrimp with a kick!
Uploaded: 2007-04-05T00:11:00Z
Duration: 16 min 11 s
Description: Biologist Sheila Patek talks about her work measuring the feeding strike of the mantis shrimp, one of the fastest movements in the animal world, using video cameras recording at 20,000 frames per second.

Biologist Sheila Patek talks about her work measuring the feeding strike of the mantis shrimp, one of the fastest movements in the animal world, using video cameras recording at 20,000 frames per second.

Sheila Patek: The shrimp with a kick!

The shrimp with a kick!

Mantis shrimp's feeding strike, at speeds of 10 to 23m/s, unveils nature's design of a hyperbolic paraboloid spring mechanism.

Employing high-speed cameras, the discovery unfolds: mantis shrimp harness cavitation, creating vapor bubbles for a double-strike effect.

Despite their formidable power, mantis shrimp periodically molt, revealing nature's balance of strength and regeneration.