The critter "helping" the boxer is a Mantis Shrimp (two separate videos of a youtuber I quite enjoy). tl;dr, while tiny, they have 'punches' that can break through glass, and have been known to shatter aquariums. So, by piloting a human, the comic poses that they could blow an opponent's head clean off.

[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

You're telling me Riki-Oh is real and he's a crustacean?

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

Oh word, thanks!

[–] userse31@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

And I thought my humor was obscure. This still isn't funny!

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[–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The “dactyl club” of mantis shrimp is able to strike with “acceleration similar to that of a .22 LR bullet fired from a handgun.”

The joke is that the mantis shrimp is able to control the person’s body such that she can strike just as swiftly as a mantis shrimp. However—because a human arm is much more massive than a mantis shrimp claw—instead of being a knockout blow (as was intended) the punch basically vaporizes her opponent’s head.

In theory her arm should have also experienced the same forces and would have also fractured if not crushed by the impact, but maybe the mantis shrimp controlling her also grants her fists more structural integrity.

[–] orlando@hexbear.net 1 points 8 hours ago

structural integrity at 25%. we can't survive another hit like that.