So, a mantis shrimp’s claws are pretty strong… so strong that they can produce a bubble that’s about as hot as the sun and collapses with a flash of light when they snap… and scientists aren’t quite sure how they do it!
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Sources:
http://www.marefa.org/images/e/ea/Piper_Extraordinary_Animals-An_Encyclopedia_.pdf
Mantis Shrimp Inspires New Body Armor and Football Helmet Design
http://techmind.org/sl/
http://www.physics.org/article-questions.asp?id=134
http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.074301
http://www.seas.harvard.edu/brenner/Sonoluminescing.pdf
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v409/n6822/full/409782a0.html
