Creatures have developed many ways to tear into their prey, but not all tissues are made the same.

What forces allow claws, fangs, spines and stingers to break into tissue and scale? Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have created a model to compare puncture energetics.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 27, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video