A peacock mantis shrimp (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Odontodactylidae: Odontodactylus scyllarus) strikes a snail shell at astonishing speeds. This video was filmed at 5000 frames per second and is played here at approximately 15 frames...
Mantis Shrimp Videos
High Speed videography and video analysis are one of the research tools used by the Patek Lab when studying the mechanics of movement. Below are a selection of videos used in past research.
All | Mechanics of Movement | Sound in the Sea | Mantis Shrimp | Spiny Lobster | Trap-Jaw Ant | Miscellaneous
All | Mechanics of Movement | Sound in the Sea | Mantis Shrimp | Spiny Lobster | Trap-Jaw Ant | Miscellaneous
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When a mantis shrimp (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Odontodactylidae: Odontodactylus scyllarus) strikes at extreme speeds, cavitation forms between the appendage and the target. Cavitation itself causes extremely high pressure when the...
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A peacock mantis shrimp (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Odontodactylidae: Odontodactylus scyllarus) strikes a force sensor with its raptorial appendage. This video is a close-up view of the mantis shrimp's "hammer" (the dactyl) and was...
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A peacock mantis shrimp (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Odontodactylidae: Odontodactylus scyllarus) uses its raptorial appendage to strike snail shell. Because of the extreme speed of the strike, a sheet of cavitation forms over the...
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This peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) uses its hammer-shaped appendages to smash open hard-shelled prey. This is a "regular speed" video showing an individual successfully opening a snail shell.
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In an informal setting, the Speakers and Signers conference exposed a deaf and hearing audience to a wide range of approaches to vibration, including art, design, science and engineering. Sheila Patek speaks here in 2009 with an American...
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Graduate student Maya deVries went on a NSF-funded research trip to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia to collect mantis shrimp. She made this audio slide show in collaboration with the University of California Museum of Paleontology.
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An audio slideshow about Jan St. Pierre's six weeks in the Patek Lab as a NSF-funded Research Experience for Teachers fellow.
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Concatenation of 11 field videos from one individual Lysiosquillina maculata shows 11 different prey-capture events. A different time stamp marks each prey-capture sequence. Because of the low temporal resolution of these videos, prey-...
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High speed images show Alachosquilla vicina striking at the tip of the pipette with both appendages. The strike proceeds similarly to L. maculata's strike, but the propodus slide that precedes the outward swing of the propodus...
