# Pistol Shrimp-Not to be fucked with.

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**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pistol-shrimp-not-to-be-fucked-with/190195/10 "2007-05-30T21:27:55Z")

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> [@Neon RT Misfire Code...help please](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/neon-rt-misfire-code-help-please/30438/10):
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> Snapping effect
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> The pistol shrimp snaps a specialized claw shut to create a cavitation wave that generates noise in excess of 180 to 200 decibels relative to 1 μPa at a distance of 1 m, and is capable of killing small fish [7][8][9]. The snap can also produce sonoluminescence from a collapsing bubble, also known as a cavitation bubble, in an instant of the cavitation bubble as it collapses, **it reaches the temperature of the sun**
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> got that from wikipedia

And this was from wikipedia, as well, before yours:

> [@beat90tsi](#):
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> Snapping effect
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> The pistol shrimp snaps a specialized claw shut to create a cavitation wave that generates noise in excess of 180 to 200 decibels relative to 1 μPa at a distance of 1 m, and is capable of killing small fish [7][8][9]. The snap can also produce sonoluminescence from a collapsing bubble, also known as cavitation bubble [10]. The heat generated by the snap exceeds more than 114 degrees Fahrenheit. The light is of lower intensity than the light produced by typical sonoluminescence and is not visible to the naked eye. It is most likely a by-product of the shock wave with no biological significance. However, it is the first known instance of an animal producing light by this effect.

Wiki’s a great source of generic info, but it can’t really be said to be completely accurate. When I looked, between those posts, there was no mention of temperature at all. I don’t know which, if any, of these are the truth, but I would think that something at over 150% of the sun’s surface temperature would really be incredible. And probably seriously dangerous.

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