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345 The Pistol shrimp snaps its claw so fast it creates a bubble that briefly reaches 4,700°C — nearly the surface temperature of the sun — and stuns prey with a flash of light the animal itself cannot see

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Silicon Canals Editorial Team @ Silicon Canals · 06/14/2026 00:56 EDT

The Pistol shrimp snaps its claw so fast it creates a bubble that briefly reaches 4,700°C — nearly the surface temperature of the sun — and stuns prey with a flash of light the animal itself cannot see

The pistol shrimp's modified claw fires a jet of water fast enough to vaporise the sea around it. When the resulting bubble collapses, temperatures spike to nearly 4,700°C and a flash of light briefly appears — invisible to the shrimp itself.

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