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October 26, 2018
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Juvenile mantis shrimp
Sheila Patek's research at Duke University zeroes in on the speed and power behind the mantis shrimp. Shown here is a juvenile. Patek will discuss in her lecture at NSF how studying these small shrimp has a potentially big impact on future technology.
Credit: Roy Caldwell
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