Materials From Tough-as-Nails Crustacean Could Inspire Better Body Armor

carmendrahl writes "The peacock mantis shrimp, a crustacean which is neither a mantis nor a shrimp, has hammer-like clubs for smashing the shells of its prey. They're so strong that regular glass aquariums can't hold them. But what's interested researchers for some time is how the clubs stand up to all that stress. Now, a team has figured out why: the mantis shrimp club's molecular structure is set up to resist fractures. That discovery could lead to stronger and lighter car frames or body armor."

Comments

So it is a peacock?

[MobyDisk]

The peacock mantis shrimp, a crustacean which is neither a mantis nor a shrimp...

Ok. So it is a peacock.

Re:So it is a peacock?

[Anonymous Coward]

That's funny. Every time I try to keep a peacock in my aquarium, it drowns.

Re:So it is a peacock?

[crazypip666]

Didn't you read the summary? This one has clubs so it can break the glass and get out before it drowns.

Re:So it is a peacock?

[Anonymous Coward]

I think we should rename it it, to remove this silly confusion. I suggest "Alligator Platypus Tadpole".

Re:So it is a peacock?

[Nerdfest]

A stormtroopod? Of course it can't get out, it's got lousy aim.

Re:So it is a peacock?

[Anonymous Coward]

This is the same man who told Luke his father was dead.
You hear "too accurate for Sandpeople," but all I hear is "blah, blah, blah" coming out of his filthy lie-hole.

Re:So it is a peacock?

[camperdave]

Alligator Platypus Tadpole? That would be apt.

Re:So it is a peacock?

[jo_ham]

This is also the man who, when going into hiding from the new Empire because they were hunting down and exterminating his kind decided to hide on Darth Vader's home planet and only change his first name.

Real S.M.R.T.

Re:So it is a peacock?

[JackCroww]

You never know; Kenobi could be the Smith/Ng/Wong/etcetera of the Star Wars Universe...