Fastest Punch Ever

What has the hardest punch in the whole animal kingdom? You guessed right, the mantis shrimp! If you'd like to learn more, watch the full video below.

Creator: Dianna Cowern
Editor: Jabril Ashe
Animations: Kyle Norby
Research: Kate Furby
Videography: Eric Birkemeier
Editor: Levi Butner

National Geographic Video
Smithsonian Channel Video
Earth Unplugged
Wichita Entertainment

[adamkendall]

Every oyster has a plan until they get punched in the face.

[-zerxvil-]

"The power of the sun. In the palm of my hand"
- Doc Ock

[Flyd-]

Glad to know that a shrimp is casually creating the power of the sun on a daily basis.

[BoringTroublemaker]

Homie is hunting and cooking his food at the same time.

[reesedoesbeeswarm]

Other animals: complex evasion strategies to get away. Mantis shrimp: Imma punch it REALLY hard.

[angelpenarolo]

Really hope she’s getting better. She’s one of my favourite creators and doesn’t deserve to be stuck in bed like that

[ThatGuyXX]

If we were able to land on the surface of the sun, we'd just see a bunch of shrimp punching each other.

[SavageMonkey]

"The power of the sun.. in the palm of my hand"

-Dr. Otto Octavios

[hectoralejandro]

400m years of evolution to slap a conch shell

[masterarnavmallikarjunmant]

Wait till some DanDaDan fans start commenting "Chiquitta" 😂

[LyteGuy-bbnv]

The power of the sun in the palm of my hand
-mantis shrimp

[soham]

The shrimp that did 100sit ups, 100 push-ups, 100 squats and and 10km running every day

[isaiahmassey]

Basically this shrimp breaks the sound barrier underwater it goes so hard

[JAGANNATH_MISHRA]

Anyone watching the video only because of the HOST😂❤

[lewisplaiz]

"the power of the sun, in the palm of your hand"
-mantis shrimp

[sebastianrodriguez]

Bro, punch so hard that created its own mini sun 💀💀

[pugtheviolist]

Alien: is that thing edible? *tries to grab it*
Shrimp: SUN PUNCH!!!!
Shrimp: that is but a taste of my true power
Alien: eh still lookin tasty *fails to grab it again*
Shrimp: wtf didn’t you learn the first time man if you keep doin that I’m jsut gonna keep punching you
Alien: I mean you gotta run out of energy at some point besides you lookin mighty tasty
Shrimp: …
Alien: *grabs it while it’s still shocked at his simplicity*
Shrimp: I forgot I’m small shi

[rrrosecarbinela]

So love you. Still sending loads of good wishes for full recovery.

[King-yktl]

He is destroying multiverse with each punch

[nbbruh]

Imagine being a crab chilling in the ocean then feeling heat equivalent to the sun’s surface right after being punched with 200lb of force