Claws

Nothing to do a bout being sharp, all about hydrophobic coating of the claws. If they were made in Teflon, the blood would simply slide off without wetting the surface. And claws are usually made of proteins, and they can be hydrophobic, so yes you could imagine ...

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... sometimes loath to answer questions with "because it's magic". What I currently need to know is if it is possible for a creature to have claws so sharp that they do not retain blood. What I mean by "retain" is whether the blood the creature draws could simply slide off. So, ...

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... Thread form Horsehair worms about 320 Nemertea A sea nymph Ribbon worms about 1200 Onychophora Claw bearer Velvet worms Legs tipped by chitinous claws about 200 modern Orthonectida Straight swim Single layer of ciliated cells surrounding a mass of sex cells about 20 Phoronida Zeus's mistress ...

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Among vertebrates, the crocodile is a strong contender because of the force of it bite. Overall, I think the claws of some shrimp produce some of the strongest force relative to body size. According to what I saw on the Animal Planet channel, of course. :p

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Who is this "they" you speak of? ;) The claws in the picture hardly look big enough to do any damage... maybe they're like spidy's claws for climbing brick buildings?

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