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The pistol shrimp, aka the snapping shrimp or alpheid shrimp, is a simple little crustacean with a power packed secret… a claw powerful enough to stun and even kill. These gun slinging critters pack a heck of a punch and are even in competition with sperm whales as being the […]

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This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The bullet ant is so called because of their incredibly painful sting. Their venom causes pain equal to that of being shot by a bullet! It has also been described as pain equal to walking, barefoot, on red hot coals with nails driven into your feet. They have one of […]

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