Pistol shrimp sport tiny helmets to protect selves from their own shock waves - Ars Technica

Anterior opening in orbital hoods helps redirect kinetic energy from the blasts.

Enlarge/ A translucent "helmet" on the bigclaw snapping shrimps head shelters its brain from the shock waves generated by its claw-snapping. 6 with 6 posters participating The tiny-but-mighty pisto… [+6091 chars]

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