There is a shrimp in exsistence with the power to release as much energy as the sun

[w/e]

No joke.

I believe that it's number 2 or 3 on the list. This is an animal that has, over time, evolved into a biological gun.

The rest of the animals are pretty awesome, too.

 

[esb]

Here is an article on the sonoluminescence. I don't think it's exactly a sun, but close.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoluminescence

 

[Seb!]

What esb said. If you were to heat a space the size of the head of a pin to the temperature of the sun for just a split second, everything in at least a mile radius would be incinerated.

 

[FireCat]

Wow, the animals looks weird funny and cool at the Same Time

and Btw I am sure there are other undetected animals out there with more
power then this shrimp.

 

[TheDamien]

I doubt that the sum of energy produced by this species of shrimp over the entirety of its existence could match up to what the sun produces in one nanosecond.

 

[Prometheus]

Simply epic.

 

[Seb!]

Well, I RTFA and it said that as a hyperbolic metaphor. All it does is shoot a weak shock wave that can kill small marine life. Heroes can pretty much do that in Footies.

 

[phyrex1an]

What esb said. If you were to heat a space the size of the head of a pin to the temperature of the sun for just a split second, everything in at least a mile radius would be incinerated.

I'd really like to some calculations supporting that claim. Lets say one gram of iron heated to the temperature of the core of the sun and released in the atmosphere of the earth. You can assume an equal distribution of heat in all 8.0*10^12 (4*10^12 if released at ground level) liters of air and ocean level air pressure

No matter of the outcome I do think it would beat the shrimp...

 

[Samael88]

What esb said. If you were to heat a space the size of the head of a pin to the temperature of the sun for just a split second, everything in at least a mile radius would be incinerated.

I don't think that this is any facts at all. It depends on first of all, how much molecules there are around the heated object, what type of molecules are there, what temperature are there around the object.
There is a lot more questions to ask and answer before making such a statement.

Not to mention that if there is no molecules aroung the object to move, the heat get away, and also it would probably be pretty cold with vaccum and all.


If you compare this:

The Sun has a spectral class of G2V. G2 means that it has a surface temperature of approximately 5,780 K

From wikipedia


With this from the article that esb posted:

During bubble collapse, the inertia of the surrounding water causes high speed and high pressure, reaching around 10000 K in the interior of the bubble, causing the ionization of a small fraction of the noble gas present.

I would say that it is even hotter than the sun, if it was just based on that. But I think there is some thruth to the header of this post

And also, I would like to add this from my own expiriences:

If you got a lightning arc of about 1000volts, the air will be heated, just around it and only during the time that the arc is in existance, and not to forget the objects it arcs between. And that it get's pretty hot there aswell. BUT that is only beacuse of that the arc is electrons in movement, without any atoms, molecules or other subparticles in movement, there will be NO heat.

I hope that you people get what I mean

Edit:
It is shockwave btw, without the space.
But to the point. If the first quote here would had been a question as this: "What happens when something is as hot as the sun for a few picoseconds in water?", then this quote would be the answer:

All it does is shoot a weak shock wave that can kill small marine life.

Big explosion, my ass But in air, it may be a different story tho.

 

[w/e]

Well, I RTFA and it said that as a hyperbolic metaphor. All it does is shoot a weak shock wave that can kill small marine life. Heroes can pretty much do that in Footies.

You're comparing a shrimp to a wc3 custom game?

 

[Samael88]

I just read this line again:

causing the ionization of a small fraction of the noble gas present.

And I thought of something.
Is this not the theory behind the classical game superweapon, the Ion cannon?

For you who does not know, it is kind of a satellite that fires a ray of light wich incinerates everything in an area with pin-point accuracy.

If someone could get this working in air, wich is not really impossible at all.
Here is the chemical composition of air:
http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryfaqs/f/aircomposition.htm
Xenon(Xe), Argon(Ar), Helium(He) and Neon(Ne) being a noble gases.

It really has the potential to work, if someone where to build a satellite with some kind of module that could fire a beam of waves at a high enought frequenzy. Wich btw is not impossible that either, meaning that the only thing nessecary for this to work is superconductors that works in high heat, wich we somewhat got from the looks of another article I read here, and a device that can to send a high enought frequence that far.
Wich could perhaps be dealt with using the same principles as used for the common radio, with "carrier-waves".

 

[Seb!]

You're comparing a shrimp to a wc3 custom game?

What I meant was that it wasn't supposed to even be close to the power of the sun. But yeah, it's kinda like footies. :thup:

 

[Flare]

I just read this line again:


And I thought of something.
Is this not the theory behind the classical game superweapon, the Ion cannon?

For you who does not know, it is kind of a satellite that fires a ray of light wich incinerates everything in an area with pin-point accuracy.

If someone could get this working in air, wich is not really impossible at all.
Here is the chemical composition of air:
http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryfaqs/f/aircomposition.htm
Xenon(Xe), Argon(Ar), Helium(He) and Neon(Ne) being a noble gases.

It really has the potential to work, if someone where to build a satellite with some kind of module that could fire a beam of waves at a high enought frequenzy. Wich btw is not impossible that either, meaning that the only thing nessecary for this to work is superconductors that works in high heat, wich we somewhat got from the looks of another article I read here, and a device that can to send a high enought frequence that far.
Wich could perhaps be dealt with using the same principles as used for the common radio, with "carrier-waves".

So we should turn the shrimps into WMD's? Fantastic idea The shrimps will eventually revolt and fry our asses

 

[Varine]

I just read this line again:


And I thought of something.
Is this not the theory behind the classical game superweapon, the Ion cannon?

For you who does not know, it is kind of a satellite that fires a ray of light wich incinerates everything in an area with pin-point accuracy.

If someone could get this working in air, wich is not really impossible at all.
Here is the chemical composition of air:
http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryfaqs/f/aircomposition.htm
Xenon(Xe), Argon(Ar), Helium(He) and Neon(Ne) being a noble gases.

It really has the potential to work, if someone where to build a satellite with some kind of module that could fire a beam of waves at a high enought frequenzy. Wich btw is not impossible that either, meaning that the only thing nessecary for this to work is superconductors that works in high heat, wich we somewhat got from the looks of another article I read here, and a device that can to send a high enought frequence that far.
Wich could perhaps be dealt with using the same principles as used for the common radio, with "carrier-waves".

Dude let's do it. Let's steal Jupiter's moon too, they don't need that many! We can probably get all the parts at local rent-a-centers.

 

[Samael88]

Who said anything about parts?
I just said that it was the same princip with the shrimp and an IonCannon.

And no, You can't get all parts needed from an all day vendor store. There is a lot that would have to special made just for the project

I was not talking about building one, I just wanted to share my discovery and see if there was anyone who protested against it