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So Long & Thanks For All The Shrimp Thanks to every one who replied to my query - and sorry that I haven't replied earlier. As part of a small design team I had to come up with an educational interactive demonstration of the power of a mantis shrimp. Thanks to you all, we've been able to work...

Thanks Physixguru for your prompt reply, although I think I may have misled with my notation : the g-force is 10 400 g So, just one more q: now I have the acceleration rate, how do I work out the actual distance? Or am I just being dim... if s= ut + 1/2 at^2 I have the initial...

How far could I kick a bus if I were a Mantis Shrimp? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello. Strange title I know, but I am trying to come up with an analogy to demonstrate the force generated by the strike of a Mantis Shrimp's claw to...