CARIDOID ESCAPE REACTION

Animated representation of lobstering.

The 'caridoid escape reaction', also known as 'lobstering' is a type of escape reaction in some crustaceans.
Antarctic krill can evade predators by very fast backward swimming ("lobstering"), flipping its telson. They reach speeds of over 60 cm per second. The trigger time to optical stimulus is only 55 milliseconds, despite the low temperatures.

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