I wonder why biological organisms are capable of such absurdly high accelerations. Article reminded me of cnidocytes which apparently produce anywhere between 40,000 and 5,410,000 g. Is it because of the small masses involved?

It is truly fascinating, I wonder how it evolved like that. Before becoming a spring as it is today how was it hunting in the past? What constraints made it need such a mechanism instead of a typical web?

link to the paper here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48635929

The videos are amazing. Sadly I think theses types of adaptations make it easier for the species to go extinct since its so highly specialized.