Re: [Phys-l] pistol shrimp

[Richard Grandy <rgrandy@rice.edu>]

You  didn't listen closely enough, the clip says that the shrimp 
produces temperatures equal to that of the sun!  I think the 
technical name for the mechanism is "spoofing".

> A student send me this video clip. Scroll down to "Play Video" It's of a
> shrimp that produces a sound so loud it produces light -- and a water
> temperature of several thousand degrees! Amazing! How is this possible?
>
> http://community.atom.com/Post/The-Most-Disturbing-Animals-on-Earth/03EFBFFFF0182C7B8000800A5BDC5/
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