Alex Kingston
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New paper in Royal Society Interface! With fantastic engineering colleagues, we’re learning more and more about how snapping shrimp are protected from shock waves! royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...
Structural and mechanical properties facilitate shock wave damping by helmet-like orbital hoods in snapping shrimp
Abstract:. Snapping shrimp damp the shock waves they produce and use as weapons with a helmet-like structure termed the orbital hood. Here, we ask how stru
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February 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM
New paper in Royal Society Interface! With fantastic engineering colleagues, we’re learning more and more about how snapping shrimp are protected from shock waves! royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...
Reposted by Alex Kingston
Like professional football players, snapping shrimp shield their brains and eyes from concussive forces with protective headgear, according to a new study.
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February 13, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Like professional football players, snapping shrimp shield their brains and eyes from concussive forces with protective headgear, according to a new study.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4quFGG6
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4quFGG6
Reposted by Alex Kingston
Heard from Tanner Mierow at #SICB2026 about the mutualisms between snapping shrimp and gobies.
Gobies need shrimp to dig holes. Shrimp need gobies to keep a lookout.
But who asks who out here?
Gobies initiate- they’re *desperate* for a shrimp. But once initiated, shrimp maintain the relationship.
Gobies need shrimp to dig holes. Shrimp need gobies to keep a lookout.
But who asks who out here?
Gobies initiate- they’re *desperate* for a shrimp. But once initiated, shrimp maintain the relationship.
January 4, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Heard from Tanner Mierow at #SICB2026 about the mutualisms between snapping shrimp and gobies.
Gobies need shrimp to dig holes. Shrimp need gobies to keep a lookout.
But who asks who out here?
Gobies initiate- they’re *desperate* for a shrimp. But once initiated, shrimp maintain the relationship.
Gobies need shrimp to dig holes. Shrimp need gobies to keep a lookout.
But who asks who out here?
Gobies initiate- they’re *desperate* for a shrimp. But once initiated, shrimp maintain the relationship.
Reposted by Alex Kingston
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Video: Tiny shrimp, huge impact
Snapping shrimp can create shockwaves strong enough to stun prey. But how do they survive each other’s blasts? USC biologist Dan Speiser and his team discovered that a special “orbital hood” — a helme...
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September 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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First post! New paper published in JEB! Really fun snapping shrimp work with folks from my lab at TU and Dan Speiser's lab at USC! Always great working with JEB! journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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Shock wave-damping orbital hoods cover the eyes of snapping shrimp (Alpheus heterochaelis) without impairing spatial vision
Summary: The helmet-like orbital hoods of snapping shrimp are primarily protective and neither impair spatial vision nor make meaningful contributions to it.
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June 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
First post! New paper published in JEB! Really fun snapping shrimp work with folks from my lab at TU and Dan Speiser's lab at USC! Always great working with JEB! journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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