MANTIS MURDER SHRIMP (Slow Motion) - Smarter Every Day 121

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Dr. Jamie Seymour JellyDudeinNemoLand (@JellyDudeInNemo) handled the Stomatopod for us.
The video was filmed by myself and Richard Fitzpatrick.

Music is "Bottles" by A Shell In The Pit.
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Gordon also did the slow motion Sound Design (and I think it's awesome)

The bulk of the information in this video came from these papers.

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"The stomatopod dactyl club: a formidable damage-tolerant biological hammer"


Dr. James Weaver was a tremendous help in the creation of this video. I'm indebted to him for how generous he was with his time.

The crab clubber components were made by Emily Weddle


I shot the Shrimp with a Phantom MIRO LC320S made by Vision Research:

The Hyperbolic Paraboloid was rendered by Michael Zappe

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