The peacock mantis shrimp's strike is fast enough to boil the water behind it. A February 2025 Science paper explains how the animal survives its own punch.
The mantis shrimp punches with the acceleration of a .22 calibre bullet, creating a cavitation bubble that collapses at nearly the temperature of the Sun’s surface for a fraction of a millisecond, meaning its prey is being hit twice — once by the club, and once by a flash of underwater plasma
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