New natural world record

[DanInSD]

This is completely unrelated to stomatopods. However, I couldn't help but think of raptorial appendages as I read this.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26758494/

180,000 G's! Wow. Too bad it's spores flying off of a dung heap, and not something "cooler".

Enjoy,
Dan

 

[iCam]

That's pretty neat.

Here is a stomatopod-related article from Discover: http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/13-do-you-see-what-shrimp-see/?searchterm=mantis%20shrimp

By the way, you can see footage of the spore ejection: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KoKDCwJOJQ