Crustean's claw delivers blow like Thor
Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 17:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
If sea creatures were Marvel comic book characters, the peacock mantis shrimp would be Thor. These colorful crustaceans have a hammerlike claw that can smash prey with the acceleration of a .22-caliber bullet — not unlike the superhero's mythological weapon.