The New Weapons Technology will be Born from Stomatopoda Material's

Technology development is usually inspired by nature and animals. This is what inspired an American researcher to observe Stomatopod.

Stomatopod lived in the deep sea is a member of the order Stomatopoda. The species whose body length can reach 30 centimeters is known for its superiority in the fight. The prominent colored shrimp have two deadly weapons used when feeding, claws and boxing. They will break up the shells, crabs, or slugs belonging to mollusks using boxing, and pointy claws are used like spears to stab their prey.

Large stomatopods, claws can even cut human fingers, while his fists can reach speeds of 80 kilometers per hour and have acceleration faster than bullet 22 caliber. No wonder if this animal is declared the owner of the fastest blow in the animal kingdom.

As reported by the International Business Times, Stomatopod can hit his enemy twice very quickly and without further ado. The impact is quite heavy, and can penetrate the aquarium glass. Weapons that can destroy a hammer-like enemy are known as dactyl clubs or daktil clubs.

The strength of center shrimp inspires researchers to create ultra powerful materials that can be used for the aerospace and sports industries. In a study published in the journal Materials of Advanced Materials in January 2018, the researchers also found that although the shrimp sent out a very large force, it would not hurt itself and its weapons were not damaged.

The researchers examined the content in a central shrimp weapon capable of destroying its opponent to be developed as a tool that could be useful to humans. Research conducted by Dr David Kisailus of the University of California, Riverside and colleagues have shown that their arms arrangement is very complicated.

They peeled one of the two regions in a ductile club called the lurik region. The area has a series of fibers that are highly aligned and serve to protect the dactile clubs to be safe from impact strength. The striated internal structure is also found in a pointy claw-like weapon that serves as a spear. This structure allows the evolution of the dactile clubs that have been practiced since they skined prey for the first time.

In addition to discussing the material in shrimp guns, researchers also managed to uncover how boxing of this one species can move very quickly in the water.In the paper, it is explained that shrimp boxing has a hydrodynamic "teardrop" shape. This form can reduce the resistance caused by water. Therefore, shrimp can split water and punching very quickly.

Reference

• http://www.ibtimes.com/mantis-shrimp-biomimicry-stomatopods-dactyl-club-could-inspire-aerospace-materials-2641888
• http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201705295/epdf?referrer_access_token=bDHWUOBDZFtkT6--qp8HG04keas67K9QMdWULTWMo8NoGKBjw4k3OUQ8s-65ns3gcoqrWbvIbL7amHcx5qtA4OoVTA7mPHWoZMjp-i0G9rCn_g4pfwUYBCWviQRwIbTW8GezisUQ2jUpUHgO_LenQTOTaz06HMmgIGEB_mkoA6iGHfopWpBpjp35GQskqvrj0KNY-NN5tki5_Oi2hNq9G_hJ2D7Bu5GBNSVE1SxNQhX6JTNQTJKWDShxIlNn4CkO31bHt_5Obpa8_8bSg-QmM0Bjgj6y8_OSMmNu-sOWye1xePY9mF5guoNKZl7JnB3t