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Posted 05 September 2006 - 07:08 PM (#1) User is offline   MR.FREEZ 

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just wondering?

i thought it was the mantis shrimp

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Posted 05 September 2006 - 07:12 PM (#2) User is offline   rchan11 

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Snake strike?
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Posted 05 September 2006 - 07:27 PM (#3) User is offline   MR.FREEZ 

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no way, jose, i just seen sh*t that would make snake

strike look like snail pace, i watching most extreme

right now something about apendenages or something

and dragon fly nymph is dam fast lip to it

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Trap-jaw ants. :) Wish I'd have caught this thread sooner!

Trap-jaw Ants' Strike Fastest in the Animal Kingdom

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View PostBioTeach, on Sep 24 2006, 10:03 AM, said:

Trap-jaw ants. :lmao: Wish I'd have caught this thread sooner!

Trap-jaw Ants' Strike Fastest in the Animal Kingdom



Nice find bioteach!

145 mph

As compared to 50mph for mantis shrimp

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/apr...09-shrimp_x.htm


But note that moving fast underwater is a BIG deal.

snapping shrimp (pistol shrimp) get up to 65 mph

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20...pingShrimp.html

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hell yeah , i wonder how fast the mantis strike would be

in air, without all that resistance

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View PostMR.FREEZ, on Oct 9 2006, 05:38 PM, said:

hell yeah , i wonder how fast the mantis strike would be

in air, without all that resistance


Interesting question that I'm surprised they didn't consider!

Posted 13 October 2006 - 03:54 PM (#8) User is offline   MR.FREEZ 

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im sure they'd never beable to test that but maybe

some math whizzz could calculate some approximate

stuff

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HUMMING BIRD WINGS.
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View Postcheck_ya_self, on Oct 13 2006, 07:12 PM, said:

HUMMING BIRD WINGS.



up to 500 inches per second

Who likes math?

:laugh:


500 inch/sec

500 x 60 x 60 inch/hour

500 x 60 x 60 feet/12 hour

500 x 60 x 60 miles/ 12 x 5280 hour



28 miles/hour

Did I do something wrong? :blink: :laugh:

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Odontomachus sp. have achieved
some fame for the speed of its mandibular snap,
which occurs in 0.33-1.00 millisecond, the fastest
animal movement known (Gronenberg et al.
1993).

I don't know where that falls in the miles per hour page...but it is funny that the National Geographic article posted also was an ant species......Odontomachus are native to the US.


Does anyone know off hand how fast geographers cones launch their harpoons?
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What's up CK? Very interesting how ants are predisposed (it seems) to speedy movement...

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I agree.....makes you wonder how many unstudied insects have faster mechanisms.....

I still am planning a trip at ya in November.....actually looking forward to the much needed break from my daily grind my friend.....
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Fastest movement? Black Mambas are scary quick!

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"Fastest movement? Black Mambas are scary quick!"


It always tickles me how often any Dendroaspis are mentioned when it comes to speed...and while compared to ther snakes they are rather swift, they are all deliberate snakes...very alert snakes that stay aware of their surroundings....
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View PostCrocKeeper, on Oct 18 2006, 09:24 PM, said:

I agree.....makes you wonder how many unstudied insects have faster mechanisms.....

I still am planning a trip at ya in November.....actually looking forward to the much needed break from my daily grind my friend.....



Just let me know, that time should work out just right!

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blink of an eye?

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Posted 14 December 2006 - 08:18 PM (#18) User is offline   MR.FREEZ 

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no way jose, a blinkin eye is a snails pace

compared to things like the mantis

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Now I need to see how fast an eye blinks, thanks a lot.:lmao:

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Hard to find mph estimates. Seems it varies too with age. Takes around 300 milliseconds but covers a short area. Interesting...

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