Joined: 27 Dec 2008 Posts: 54 Location: In a land where nature isn't ruined yet.
Posted: Sun 26 Apr 2009 1:45 Post subject:
The pistol shrimp is the loudest animal in the world. By hitting it's claws together, it creates a bubble that produces sound of 200 dB when exploding. This noise can break glass, the armor of other shrimp and kill fishes in 2 meter distance.
The really freaky part: When pistol shrimp creates the bubble, a light flashes in the exploding bubble for billionth of a second. In the time the light flashes, inside the bubble generates a heat of 4700 celsius!
How hitting claws together can create light and heat so high?
Watch forward from 2:40 to skip to the pistol shrimp:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SP6gwNeY9UE
& _________________ Why do we avoid the rain? It feels different on our skin, it feels cold, but still, it's part of our nature, part of us and yet, it creates life... We don't have to avoid it...
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