I used to box a lot in high school. I used to compete in boxing.

And there's this saying in boxing that some fighters punch above their weight.

Most of you probably know this, but in boxing there are weight divisions to reduce the risk of mismatches,

to stop guys like Vladimir Klitschko from fighting Manny Pachiao.

Both great fighters, both strong punchers, but come on.

Klitschko would enter the ring at 6'6 inches, weighing 240 pounds.

Packyau's like 5'5, maybe 145 pounds.

That wouldn't be a sport to see them fight. That would be a crime.

So right there, you should understand just

from that difference why weight divisions have to exist. If someone punches above their weight,

as they say, what that means is that they might weigh 140 pounds, but they punch like they

weigh 160 pounds.

The animal we are going to talk about today punches above their weight.

In nature, there are no weight divisions.

And that's bad news, not just for the animal's lighter than today's creature,

but for every animal heavier than today's animal, the peacock mantis shrimp.

Odontadactylus, Scalaris.

I'm Mackin. This is species.

Welcome to the show.

There are actually hundreds of species of mantis shrimp.

Today we're going to talk about Adonidactylus Scalaris,

also known as the peacock mantis shrimp, or the harlequin mantis shrimp,

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