That Shrimp Just Killed a Crab With One Punch.

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]That shrimp just killed that [music] crab with one punch. Not a bite, not a claw, a punch. [music] The mantis shrimp has the fastest strike of any animal on the planet, 80 km per hour, faster than a bullet leaving a gun. The impact creates a shock wave so powerful it kills prey even when it misses. The water itself collapses and generates a flash of heat as hot as the surface of the sun, right next to its fist.

[00:00:25]Aquariums [music] keep them in reinforced tanks, not because they're aggressive, because they destroy regular glass by accident. [music] And that's not even the strangest part.

[00:00:34]The mantis shrimp sees 16 types [music] of color. Humans see three. Colors that don't have names because no human has ever seen them. The most violent punch in the animal kingdom belongs to something you could hold in your hand.