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Mantis shrimp punch accelerates like a speeding bullet

Original: The ocean's hardest-hitting boxer. A mantis shrimp's punch accelerates as fast as a .22-caliber bullet — enough force to

A resurfaced science fact is drawing attention online: the mantis shrimp strikes with acceleration comparable to a .22-caliber bullet, delivering enough force to crack aquarium glass. The creature also has extraordinary vision, with 12 to 16 color receptor channels compared to humans' three, and can perceive polarized light invisible to us. Readers are sharing it as one of the ocean's most remarkable animals.

Why now: Striking animal trivia combining extreme physical power and unusual vision is widely shareable science content.

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• The ocean's hardest-hitting boxer. A mantis shrimp's punch accelerates as fast as a .22-caliber bullet — enough force to smash aquarium glass. It also sees 12 to 16 color channels (humans see 3), plus polarized light we can't even detect. # marinebiology # biology # ocean #… · eatrics · 6

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