The next time someone calls you a shrimp as an insult, you might take pride in knowing that engineers have looked to this crustacean that we tend to have for snacks, as part of the building blocks for creating military body armor as well as vehicle and aircraft frames. Basically, these researchers hope to incorporate the unique structure of the club-like arm of the mantis shrimp, otherwise known as the stomatopod, which is actually a crustacean that is normally found in tropical waters, measuring 4″ in length on average.
Ubergizmo, Shrimp prove to be inspiration for body armor
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