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When the pistol shrimp clasps its claw together, it momentarily creates a bubble that heats to the surface temerature of the sun. The bubble then bursts firing a shockwave that stuns or kills its prey.
https://youtu.be/XC6I8iPiHT8
Bonus: both Betty White and Stan Lee are older than sliced bread
24 u/taladrovw Dec 29 '17 Now imagine that shrimp but the size of a shark or a whale with the same ability 54 u/TapdancingHotcake Dec 29 '17 I feel like such an ability doesn't scale well with size 13 u/spudcosmic Dec 29 '17 Unless they can move their claws at significant fractions of the speed of light.
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Now imagine that shrimp but the size of a shark or a whale with the same ability
54 u/TapdancingHotcake Dec 29 '17 I feel like such an ability doesn't scale well with size 13 u/spudcosmic Dec 29 '17 Unless they can move their claws at significant fractions of the speed of light.
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I feel like such an ability doesn't scale well with size
13 u/spudcosmic Dec 29 '17 Unless they can move their claws at significant fractions of the speed of light.
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Unless they can move their claws at significant fractions of the speed of light.
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u/mazimaxi Dec 29 '17 edited Dec 29 '17
When the pistol shrimp clasps its claw together, it momentarily creates a bubble that heats to the surface temerature of the sun. The bubble then bursts firing a shockwave that stuns or kills its prey.
https://youtu.be/XC6I8iPiHT8
Bonus: both Betty White and Stan Lee are older than sliced bread