The weapon with which mantis shrimp attack their prey, including mollusks and crabs, is no ordinary appendage. In fact, researchers found in recent tests that a shrimp-inspired material design proved tougher and more impact-resistant than a standard material structure used in the aerospace industry. "The more we study the club of this tiny crustacean, the more we realize its structure could improve so many things we use every day," study researcher David Kisailus, a professor of engineering at the University of California, Riverside, said in a statement.
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