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Comment by ajuc

18 hours ago

Strength of fibers scales with crossection area, mass scales with volume.

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salynchnew  10 hours ago

There are probably some other interesting adaptations involved, like the fact that the surface of a mantis shrimp's (shell? carapace?) selectively filters out sound waves (and thus, shockwaves caused by its own "punch").

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