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Old 04-10-2013, 05:08 PM   #8
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Default Re: [DF] Statting a Dire Mantis Shrimp

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Originally Posted by The Oatmeal, emphasis mine
It has two raptorial appendages on the front of its body. These accelerate with the same velocity as a gunshot from a twenty-two caliber rifle, and in less than three-thousandths of a second can strike prey with 1,500 Newtons of force. To put this in perspective, if human beings could accelerate our arms at 1/10 that speed, we'd be able to throw a baseball into orbit.
The bolded portion here is of particular interest to me. :}
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