Friday creature, the Pistol Shrimp. More importantly, the collapse of the bubble generates, for a split second, temperatures of 8,000 degrees Fahrenheit, nearly as hot as the surface of the suny, and also, oddly, a flash of light. The resulting shockwave bombards the shrimp’s prey, which if it’s lucky will die instantly because it’s then dragged into the pistol shrimp’s burrow and consumed. wired/2014/07/absurd-creature-of-the-week-pistol-shrimp/
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:37:07 +0000