Real Life Assasin

[Eohmer]

Wow... this is pretty crazy.

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/..._Assassin.html

[DakAttack]

Re: Real Life Assasin

BS

Temporarily reaches the temperature of the sun? Which part of the shrimp creates nuclear fusion through a complex series of molecular exchanges?

The whole production is fake, obviously. Not a single second of raw footage. I will keep the existence of this creature in question until more information surfaces.

[Malacite]

Re: Real Life Assasin

It's still pretty damn cool, and there are a lot of species we have yet to discover (a lot of them are probably already extinct ;

[Caspian]

Re: Real Life Assasin

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the energy given off as heat by the bubbles would instantly vaporize the water around it, as well as cook all the life around it. I'll look and see if I can find anything legit about it, but for the moment I'm definately calling BS on that.

EDIT: from the wiki on Pistol Shrimp

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 [10]. The heat generated by the snap exceeds 114 degrees Fahrenheit (No Source Cited). 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.

So yeah, 114 degree F. Seems a far cry from "the temperature of the sun".

[Feba]

Re: Real Life Assasin

I'm sure it is, in the case of exceptionally cool suns.

[Caspian]

Re: Real Life Assasin

I'm sure it is, in the case of exceptionally cool suns.

i.e. Dead

[Gentoo]

Re: Real Life Assasin

Temporarily reaches the temperature of the sun? Which part of the shrimp creates nuclear fusion through a complex series of molecular exchanges?

Not that I'm arguing the video isn't BS, but I suspect they're making reference to the fact that some clever folks realized that collapsing bubbles in a liquid with sound waves can achieve some fantastic temperatures:
http://www.livescience.com/environme...t_bubbles.html
-or-
http://www.newscientist.com/article/...n-the-sun.html

Which is similar to what Caspian brought up.

[DieselBoy09]

Re: Real Life Assasin

Here's to add to Gentoo's post.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ingShrimp.html

Seems legit.

P.S. if someone can find a method to actually duplicate the "devastating power of the bubble" in the above mentioned articles in a small, easily creatable situation, I will love you forever. They are making it sound easy. "Bubbles can unleash extraordinary amounts of energy when they collapse; for example, if water passes over an obstruction such as a ship's propeller or a turbine blade, bubbles can be generated which, when they collapse, can punch a hole in solid brass or steel". Any ideas? If I can duplicate this, I would have a field day.

[Malacite]

Re: Real Life Assasin

o _ O I suddenly have a newfound respect for Bubble Man from Mega Man 2...

[Omniblast]

Re: Real Life Assasin

o _ O I suddenly have a newfound respect for Bubble Man from Mega Man 2...

hahaha