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.

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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.

Young snapping shrimps’ tiny claws can accelerate in water like a bullet, new research suggests.