Deadly shrimp !!!

Check this little shrimp out pretty freaking cool what nature equips some creatures with !
http://www.wimp.com/deadliestanimal/

sweet!!  could you keep one in a fish tank or do you think they might break the glass?  Acrylic however.....

That is amazing!

"temperature of the sun"...that is insane!!! 

Unbelievable!  Wonder how it taste?    Thanks for the link Matt.

All I can say is "UNBELIVEABLE".

IslandYak

"temperature of the sun"...that is insane!!! 

That was cool but I would like to know exactly how they came up with that heat measurement. Temperature of the sun? I don't believe it even for a second.

The snapping shrimp competes with much larger animals like the Sperm Whale and Beluga Whale for the title of 'loudest animal in the sea'. The animal snaps a specialized claw shut to create a cavitation bubble that generates acoustic pressures of up to 80 kPa at a distance of 4 cm from the claw. As it extends out from the claw, the bubble reaches speeds of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) and releases a sound reaching 218 decibels.[8] The pressure is strong enough to kill small fish.[9] It corresponds to a zero to peak pressure level of 218 decibels relative to one micropascal (dB re 1 μPa), equivalent to a zero to peak source level of 190 dB re 1 μPa at the standard reference distance of 1 m. Au and Banks measured peak to peak source levels between 185 and 190 dB re 1 μPa at 1 m, depending on the size of the claw.[10] Similar values are reported by Ferguson and Cleary.[11] The duration of the click is less than 1 millisecond.

The snap can also produce sonoluminescence from the collapsing cavitation bubble. As it collapses, the cavitation bubble reaches temperatures of over 5,000 K (4,700 °C).[12] In comparison, the surface temperature of the sun is estimated to be around 5,800 K (5,500 °C). The light is of lower intensity than the light produced by typical sonoluminescence and is not visible to the naked eye. It is most likely a by-product of the shock wave with no biological significance. However, it was the first known instance of an animal producing light by this effect. It has subsequently been discovered that another group of crustaceans, the mantis shrimp, contains species whose club-like forelimbs can strike so quickly and with such force as to induce sonoluminescent cavitation bubbles upon impact.[13]




12^ D. Lohse, B. Schmitz & M. Versluis (2001). "Snapping shrimp make flashing bubbles". Nature 413 (6855): 477–478. doi:10.1038/35097152. PMID 11586346. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v413/n6855/abs/413477a0.html.

Unbelievable!  Wonder how it taste?    Thanks for the link Matt.

reminded me of the Mantis shrimps & that's exactly what I was thinking...

I wonder if a sturgeon would suck them down. Bye Bye bad ass hahaha

Amazing, thanks