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A physical model of the extreme mantis shrimp strike: kinematics and cavitation of Ninjabot

scientific article published on 7 February 2014

Acoustic ecology of the California mantis shrimp (Hemisquilla californiensis).

scientific article published in January 2012

Adhesive latching and legless leaping in small, worm-like insect larvae

scientific article published on 08 August 2019

Asymmetric drop coalescence launches fungal ballistospores with directionality

scientific article published in July 2017

Beyond power amplification: latch-mediated spring actuation is an emerging framework for the study of diverse elastic systems

scientific article published on 09 August 2019

Biomechanics: deadly strike mechanism of a mantis shrimp

scientific article

Biomimetics and evolution

scientific article published in Science

Comparative spring mechanics in mantis shrimp

scientific article published on 13 December 2012

Competing influences on morphological modularity in biomechanical systems: a case study in mantis shrimp

scientific article published on May 2016

Contests with deadly weapons: telson sparring in mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda)

scientific article

Context-dependent scaling of kinematics and energetics during contests and feeding in mantis shrimp

scientific article published on 04 April 2019

Elastic energy storage in the mantis shrimp's fast predatory strike

scientific article published on December 2009

Evo-devo beyond morphology: from genes to resource use.

scientific article published on 18 January 2013

Extreme impact and cavitation forces of a biological hammer: strike forces of the peacock mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus

scientific article

Feed-forward motor control of ultrafast, ballistic movements

scientific article published on 7 December 2015

From bouncy legs to poisoned arrows: elastic movements in invertebrates

scientific article

Gearing for speed slows the predatory strike of a mantis shrimp

scientific article published in April 2012

Grand Opportunities: Strategies for Addressing Grand Challenges in Organismal Animal Biology

scientific article published on 09 June 2011

LEVERS AND LINKAGES: MECHANICAL TRADE-OFFS IN A POWER-AMPLIFIED SYSTEM

scientific article published on 05 May 2014

Linkage mechanics and power amplification of the mantis shrimp's strike

scientific article

MODULARITY AND RATES OF EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IN A POWER-AMPLIFIED PREY CAPTURE SYSTEM

scientific article published on 04 July 2013

Mechanical sensitivity and the dynamics of evolutionary rate shifts in biomechanical systems.

scientific article published in January 2017

Mechanical sensitivity reveals evolutionary dynamics of mechanical systems

scientific article

Modularity and scaling in fast movements: power amplification in mantis shrimp.

scientific article published on 7 October 2010

Multifunctionality and mechanical origins: ballistic jaw propulsion in trap-jaw ants

scientific article

Multilevel analysis of elastic morphology: The mantis shrimp's spring.

scientific article published on 21 July 2015

Muscle trade-offs in a power-amplified prey capture system.

scientific article published on 23 February 2014

Muscle-spring dynamics in time-limited, elastic movements.

scientific article published in September 2016

Mutual assessment during ritualized fighting in mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda).

scientific article published in January 2018

Pendulum-based measurements reveal impact dynamics at the scale of a trap-jaw ant

scientific article published in 2021

Phylogeny, scaling, and the generation of extreme forces in trap-jaw ants

scientific article published in July 2008

Ritualized fighting and biological armor: the impact mechanics of the mantis shrimp's telson

scientific article published on October 2010

Sheila Patek: The shrimp with a kick!

TED2004

Smashing mantis shrimp strategically impact shells

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

Spiny lobsters stick and slip to make sound

scientific article (publication date: 10 May 2001)

Strike mechanics of an ambush predator: the spearing mantis shrimp

scientific article

Strong biomechanical relationships bias the tempo and mode of morphological evolution

article

The Power of Mantis Shrimp Strikes: Interdisciplinary Impacts of an Extreme Cascade of Energy Release

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

The acoustic mechanics of stick slip friction in the California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus).

scientific article

The acoustics and acoustic behavior of the California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus).

scientific article

The comparative hydrodynamics of rapid rotation by predatory appendages.

scientific article published in November 2016

The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems.

scientific article

Why do Large Animals Never Actuate Their Jumps with Latch-Mediated Springs? Because They can Jump Higher Without Them

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

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