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- rhinopig, on 10/11/2007, -3/+72the zerg need to get there hands on some of that tech.
- wushu18t, on 10/11/2007, -1/+47there goes nature again, blowing my mind.
- drgnpaladin, on 10/11/2007, -1/+46Down, Down Right, Right.
- exemef, on 10/11/2007, -1/+37the gun sounds were annoying, though i bet thats exactly how it sounds in real life.
- MaxwellTD, on 10/11/2007, -1/+36Is it just me or did the gun shot sound like the AK-47 in counter-strike?
- gothicx00, on 10/11/2007, -0/+29I'm not sure y'all understand the concept of 180 to 200 dB (technically it'd be 194 cause thats as high as it goes.) 125 dB is the threshold of pain, 140 is a jet engine at 100'. So we are talking about 18x the volume of the threshold of pain. And before you correct me on my math, every 3 dB is a doubling in sound pressure, and every 10db is a doubling in perceived volume at about 1000hz (yes, increases in dB are perceived differently at different frequencies).
So all in all, not only is that really really loud, it's painfully loud. 180 dB is instant tissue death for your ears. We're not just talking pop your eardrum loud, but if it was an instant pop at 180 dB, everything from the cilia in your inner ear to the tiny bones that make up the middle ear would be toast. Gone.... no amount of hearing aid would allow you to hear much better. - DubbedOver, on 10/11/2007, -5/+32How does a shrimp evolve with that type of weapon? I wonder what started the transformation and why nature chose the beginning trait to be stronger than those who didn't do it?
- NoctemSaiyaku, on 10/11/2007, -2/+26I knew about the sonic wave but the temp.... shiiet!
- kosmoX, on 10/11/2007, -7/+30No, physics explains what happened to the steel. It was heated by fire, weakened, and collapsed do to the immense weight of, oh I don't know, a ***** building.
- ShrimpCrackers, on 10/11/2007, -0/+20Thats a shrimp-HADOKEN! Gotetsu would be proud.
- bootfail, on 10/11/2007, -0/+20Nope...
The surface of the sun is 5785 Kelvin. So, around 5511 Celcius. However, the core is in the Mega Kelvin range. - DubbedOver, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19"...specialized claw shut to create a cavitation wave that generates noise in excess of 180 to 200 decibels"
Not sure why the narrator didn't mention that but it's on Wikipedia - screamthenrun, on 10/11/2007, -4/+21i was gonna go with FAKE.... until i saw this:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v413/n6855/abs/413477a0.html - dearsomeone, on 10/11/2007, -2/+18maybe there was a pistol shrimp on the grassy knoll.
- Aliarse, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14Now i normally wouldn't do this, but this video is part of another set of videos already on the net. I submitted them to the video section 4 days ago, but as usual with everything i submit, they got buried under everything else submitted rather quick..
If anyone wants to watch them, check out my submitted page and click on "Natures Freaky Feeding techniques". - http://www.digg.com/users/Aliarse/videos/submitted - Afterlife, on 10/11/2007, -6/+19In Soviet Russia, shrimp cooks YOU!
- rajaal1977, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12Dugg...that's some pretty *****' interesting information.
- ersatzphi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10What biscuit meant to say is, at the high pressure levels this deep in the water, the high pressure rapidly collapses the bubbles and since an increase in pressure leads to an increase in temperature, you can expect a ridiculous temperature increase as the bubble collapses. Quite fascinating really but this "gun" wouldn't be nearly as effective in shallower water.
- Pilot85, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Im gonna be honest with you... I had no idea what the title meant when I clicked on it.
- TremorX, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9It's a frickin' shrimp, with a frickin' pistol on it's claw. It's not a frickin' shark with frickin' lasers, but I'll take what I can get.
- danakin, on 10/11/2007, -5/+13Also, don't go by the melting point of steel in your crazy conspiracy. You don't need to melt steel to lower its yield strength.
- orxor, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9I wonder if I can get some of these at Red Lobster
- cocoamix, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8I'd love to see a match between a pistol shrimp and a mantis shrimp:
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/04/21_shrimp.shtml - Catchpen, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Shrimply amazing
- freyaXgefn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7a supporting article: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/10/1003_SnappingShrimp.html
- MikeMania, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7http://youtube.com/watch?v=mu6yrC6bjNo
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7From the youtube comments:
" Number 23 on the lists of "Animals that could evolve to ***** kill us" "
rofl - tyywebb, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Dude! Sylar turned into a shrimp!
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7I especially like to "cocking" sound.
- hedonictonic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6can someone explain or point me to the science behind this? collapsing sonic bubbles imploding and reaching the temperature of the sun? what?
- carl25, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6SHRIMPY I CHOOSE YOU
now evade and use bubblebeam - Rooster99, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6STARTING to get annoying??
- angrycat, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5My cat can create temperatures of TWO suns, plus he keeps me warm at night, all that shrimp can do is be in my cat's stomach.
- jo3design, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6keep waiting, buddy
- TheHal, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269196,00.html
I guess fuel burning can't make steal weak and buckle even under concrete and asphault. - dcmjzero, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4the energy is radiated away in the form of a shockwave. the temperature is highly localized, and it takes a surprising amount of energy to evaporate water- especially at such high pressure. so no.
- Rooster99, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I think the pistol shrimp will stun it before it gets close! I know the mantis shrimp is a tough opponent, but that pistol shrimp is just so devastating!
It would be a good match up. Go to Thailand, and take bets on it! Easy money! - GiJoeBob, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5So, its synthesizing an excited bromide in an argon matrix?
- peaches017, on 10/11/2007, -6/+10Please kill yourself.
- WillAnderson07, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5pistol shrimp-man would be a cooler superhero than emo-peter parker
- gothicx00, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Chances are whatever sound they were using was from a royalty free sound archive. I wouldn't be surprised to see that the devs of CS used sounds from just such an archive. Happens all the time. People use the Wilhelm scream in tons of movies. When I was in college (for Audio Engineering) we had a few canned sound CDs for learning how to do audio for video, and it included 2 out of the 5 Wilhelm screams. Tons of gunshot sounds too, most of which I've heard time and time again in TV shows and video games.
- stevensj2, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5"Also, don't go by the melting point of steel in your crazy conspiracy. You don't need to melt steel to lower its yield strength."
No, but you would indeed have to melt it to leave a molten pile of it that lasted for more than a month.
Read more. Assume less. - grenden, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Check out this link for a video explanation of the physics behind this phenomenon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONQlTMUYCW4&NR=1 - Evi1d33d, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Boom headshot!
- Smills, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2@nite23
I don't think he is a creationist. Merely commenting on how amazing evolution is... - starrychloe, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1That video was totally sensationalized. Probably in the name of ratings, not science. One of the related videos goes into more depth, and is more realistic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONQlTMUYCW4&mode=related&search=
- grenden, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONQlTMUYCW4&NR=1
- mikeazorin, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3datagod: The FOX news story was about an actual event. It's not any specific quotes from that article, just the event in general, and I guarantee you if you look that event up on Google News, you'll find the same story from numerous other sources.
- tw0k1ngs, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Screw ***** fighting and dog fighting... Shrimp fighting is better than pokemon!
- IllBeBack, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I was about to take a bite out of him when the little ***** shot me! Damned pistol shrimp.
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