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Pistol Shrimps: 14 Impressive Facts about the Noisy Hunters

How a tiny shrimp fires a savage shock wave using just its claw

The pistol shrimp can snap its claw so fast it creates a bubble that momentarily reaches the temperature of the sun and stuns its prey with a shockwave. Despite being only a few centimetres long, the pistol shrimp (also called the snapping shrimp) is one of the most formidable hunters in the ocean thanks not to size or teeth, but to its specialized claw. One of its claws is oversized and uniquely shaped to function like a biological pistol. When the shrimp cocks and snaps this claw shut, it fire

Pistol shrimp are a small ocean species known for their amazing snapping claw. Typically, one of their claws is much bigger than the other (except for species like the machine gun pistol shrimp) and can snap shut so fast that it creates a bubble of pressure. When this bubble bursts, the pressure difference generated can stun or kill small prey for later consumption. Pistol shrimp are found across the world's oceans in warmer water, and outside of their amazing snapping skills, are also known for

Pistol shrimp care guide: facts, feeding, gobies, tank mates