The mantis shrimp can punch fast enough to boil the water around it.

Certain mantis shrimp species, known as “smashers,” strike prey with a spring-loaded, club-like appendage that accelerates faster than a .22 caliber bullet leaving its barrel. The strike happens so quickly it causes cavitation — vapor bubbles that form and then collapse in the surrounding water, releasing a brief flash of light and heat.

The collapsing bubbles deliver a second shockwave on top of the physical impact, powerful enough to crack mollusk shells and known to shatter aquarium glass. Mantis shrimp also have some of the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom, with up to 16 types of photoreceptors, compared to just three in humans.