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The mantis shrimp boils the water around it when it punches.

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Its appendage reaches speeds of over eighty kilometers per hour. This rapid movement creates cavitation bubbles that collapse and generate heat and light, stunning the prey even if the strike misses.

Source: Smithsonian

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