As for claw acceleration, the authors measured speeds of 580,000 m/s 2, 20 times faster than the claw acceleration of adult snapping shrimp. The full snaps were completed in just 300 microseconds.

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It turned out that young shrimp were accelerating their claws at 580,000 m/s 2.That is around 20 times faster than their parents. “These are insanely high accelerations,” says Harrison.

To prompt the snapping, the researchers agitated the shrimp with toothpicks. At first, they tried filming at 50,000 frames per second, the frame rate used to record adult claw movements, but the ...

Young snapping shrimps’ claws ‘accelerate in water like a bullet’ The adult creatures use the technique to stun passing fish and foes with a simple click of a spring-loaded claw.

Snapping shrimp have one normal claw and one large snapper claw that can be up to half its body size, making the shrimp look like it's wearing an overgrown boxing glove.

"So, the sound of snapping shrimp is produced by this collapsing cavitation bubble and not by the claw halves hitting each other during claw closure - as was always believed," he told BBC News Online.

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This snapping shrimp was about the length of a staple and it could move fast enough to cavitate water.” He was astonished to discover the acceleration of the snap was as fast as a bullet and ...