May 25, 2007

Pistol Shrimp! A shrimp with the ability to stun prey via a super laser claw. Or something. (embedded YouTube video) via linkfilter
posted by petebest 16 years ago
  • The flashing phenomenon is thought to be similar to sonoluminescence, in which bubbles that are in a liquid driven by a strong sound field emit light. The researchers have dubbed the shrimp activity shrimpoluminescence. In sonoluminescence, the peak intensity of the emitted light is at a short wavelength. This indicates that the temperature inside the bubble is at least 10,000 degrees Kelvin (18,000 degrees Fahrenheit). I think the issue that research dollars need to be directed towards is this: why aren't the claws pinker?
  • bubbles that are in a liquid driven by a strong sound field emit light Nature is just wrong.
  • Perhaps you'd like to hear the math behind that.
  • As long as there's no math in it, sure.
  • "bubbles that are in a liquid driven by a strong sound field emit light" shrimp farts glow?
  • And . . . kill! Well, stun really.
  • That would have been a cool little video clip but for the wanky sound effects. Of course, some may think these little shrimp are the key to attaining fusion power. Some.
  • I, for one, w...
  • Yadda, yadda overlords. I don't THINK so. Pass the cocktail sauce, please.
  • Natural born krillers, them shrimp.
  • Bastard crashed my Firefox. Off to try again.
  • OK, now I've seen it and I have questions. What's with all the submerged bed frames and nighstands and old jars and crap? Was this filmed in the Fred Sanford Memorial Sequarium?
  • Lara, that's just shrimp interior design. They LIKE it that way.
  • "the heat inside the bubble temporarily reaches the temperature OF THE SUN"??!?!
  • Yeah, I've got a problem with that, too.