Design strategies of the mantis shrimp spike: How the crustacean cuticle became a remarkable biological harpoon
Abstract Spearing mantis shrimps are aggressive crustaceans using specialized appendages with sharp spikes to capture fishes with fast movement. Each spike is a biological tool that has to combine high toughness, as required by the initial impact with the victim, with high stiffness and strength, to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-VCH
2023-07-01
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| Series: | Natural Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ntls.20220060 |