The tiny Pistol Shrimp has no vocal cords but is the world’s loudest animal, snapping its claws at 200 decibels.
The shrimp closes its claw so fast that it generates a bubble that is louder than a bullet when it implodes, according to Stanford University. The “snap” stuns its prey, giving it enough time to attack and feed on its prey.
It’s one of the more common sounds in the ocean, but it may become louder and more frequent as water temperatures in the ocean rise, said Aran Mooney, a marine biologist from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Mooney, along with researcher Ashlee Lillis, listened to shrimp sounds at different temperatures and found that the snapping shrimp emit louder, more frequent sounds as water temperatures rise. He will present the findings at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in San Diego Friday.
Shrimp tend to move much faster when water is warmer because they are cold-blooded. Per CalTech, most cold-blooded creatures’ muscle activity is expedited when their surroundings are hot.
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