Pistol shrimp shoots bubble hot as sun

[laser05]

uQ7Ztmcf0Cc

so as the title states, I was watching bbc invisible worlds and they had a pistol shrimp on there. It stated that the shrimp closes its claw so fast that it creates a bubble that reaches temperatures as hot as the sun. really? I thought I understood the concept of cavitation but apparently not hah. Is it getting so hot because theres so much pressure from ocean above or what?

heres the link just incase i didn't upload it right

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ7Ztmcf0Cc

[jampack]

I've seen this before somewhere. Pretty cool.

[LongCity]

I thought it was about a thousand degrees less than the sun.

[lilmira]

I've seen a person who does it too, his name is Guile.

[spikerS]

XC6I8iPiHT8

[Maybelater]

Nutty :guns:

[TomcoPDR]

1:10 = money shot $$$$$

[austic]

my friend has one, it creeps the hell out of me. makes a weird click sound that you swear something soo small shouldnt be able to do.

[962 kid]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoluminescence

[BlackRadon]

That's sweet, BBC is awesome for this type of show/documentaries.

[almerick]

Very cool, love watching documentaries

[Laoz]

Hadoken!

[KRyn]

Originally posted by Laoz
Hadoken!


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