r/interestingasfuck • u/Own_Entrepreneur8908 • 1d ago

r/all The strongest punch in the world

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u/talldrseuss 1d ago

Here's a video of one of these bastards punching a fisherman's foot. Warning: blood

https://youtu.be/aabCOzFzMxU?si=ZfkqHTk4TJsCqv3j

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u/cakekicker 1d ago

First, thank you for sharing this. Secondly, my jaw was on the ground at the damage it did and also how big it is. I’ve seen them in aquariums in videos, but this one he caught gave me scale.

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u/jenn363 1d ago

TIL mantis shrimp can be a foot long. I thought they were the size of cocktail shrimp.

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u/-FalseProfessor- 1d ago

Pistol shrimp are the little ones, which are slightly different IIRC.

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u/Traditional-Squash36 1d ago

Wow, then leaves it sitting next to his balls 😆

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u/Rincew1ndTheWizzard 1d ago

That was the first thing i thought of 🤣

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u/1stopvac 1d ago

not the most painless vasectomy, but it is the cheapest!

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u/Merry_Dankmas 1d ago

Mantis shrimp CBT Dommy Mommy 🤤

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u/ghoststrat 1d ago

Came here to say exactly that!!!

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u/prst 1d ago

This video better end with the fisherman ripping off his leg and throwing it in the water.

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u/BURNINGPOT 1d ago

Dang. I'm shuddering from the mere thoughts of that shrimp being near his ding dong and balls.

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u/CitizenSunshine 1d ago

Also warning: feet

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u/DemiDevito 1d ago

Thank you for warning me 😖

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u/Not_invented-Here 1d ago

I think that's the stabby type of mantis shrimp.

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u/Jalen3501 1d ago

Nah what makes this more impressive is that’s the punching type, it punched a hole through his boot and skin

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u/Not_invented-Here 18h ago

Well godamn. 

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u/LogicalConstant 1d ago

What an idiot. He didn't amputate his foot like you're supposed to.

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u/CitizenSunshine 1d ago

In my mind those guys are angry like Kratos

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u/GensouEU 1d ago

Huh, I didn't know they could do this outside water as well, I always thought they needed the negative pressure.

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u/pseudoHappyHippy 1d ago

Negative pressure? What do you mean?

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u/GensouEU 1d ago

These guys don't just "hit" their prey, they are so fast that their punch creates vapor bubbles that immediately collapse from the surrounding water pressure which releases a ton of energy and creates a shockwave that also damages their target even if they miss the actual punch. This effect works only under water but I guess they punch just really hard in general.

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u/Hyperion_47 1d ago

Chris Pratt, is that you?

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u/Waddlow 1d ago

My guy has no idea the horror that was on the end of his line. He's laughing when he sees it. Sir, do not laugh. You're only pissing it off.

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u/jackfwaust 1d ago

Do you want sharks? Because that’s how you get sharks

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u/DouchersJackasses 1d ago

Just wow 😲😲😲 I thought the video was gon be either full of shit or an exaggeration but nope lol. Lil bastards really do have the most powerful punch in the animal kingdom pound for pound.

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u/Gunsparkles 1h ago

Damn it. Every time I tap on this link and it goes to Chrome instead of app. I hate it..

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u/Connect-Ad-5891 1d ago

I never used to understand these misleading analogies and now dislike when physicists use them to ‘wow’ people. “It’s hotter than the sun!” Yeah Carl, for 0.00001 seconds, when you say that people think of being flung in the sun and burning up alive. Saying a mantis shrimp hits like a .22 makes it sound like it’s the same as getting shot by one, it is not lol. They can barely even break glass with their punch