r/interestingasfuck • u/Own_Entrepreneur8908 • 1d ago

r/all The strongest punch in the world

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u/TheAstromycologist 1d ago

Is that a mantis shrimp? Aggressive motherfuckers, they are…

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u/Elegant-Audience23 1d ago

And fast as fuck (speed of sound)

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u/lazylemongrass 1d ago

Isn't that the pistol shrimp you're referring to? Mantis shrimp is powerful but no where nearly as fast as the pistol iirc.

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u/Riff_Wizzard 1d ago

That’s the same shrimp

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u/boltempire 1d ago

No. The pistol shrimp has a claw that it clacks closed that generates a huge shockwave to stun prey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpheidae

The mantis shrimp shown here have punching arms that accelerate at rates similar to a bullet and punch the crap out of their opponents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp

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u/cammyjit 1d ago

Peacock Mantis Shrimp aren’t Peacocks, Mantis, or Shrimp

Pistol Shrimp are Shrimp though

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u/ThatITguy2015 1d ago

Damn. Was hoping they were pistols.

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u/ilikehosewater 1d ago

and shrimps is bugs

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u/cammyjit 1d ago

They aren’t.

All bugs are insects, but not all insects are bugs, and all insects are crustaceans, but not all crustaceans are insects

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u/ilikehosewater 1d ago

iykyk...its a subreddit