Animal Fact Files's video: Pistol Shrimp Facts: the LOUDEST Animal in the ocean

Also known as the snapping shrimp, some people consider pistol shrimp the loudest animals in the ocean. They make so much noise, they have interfered with underwater communication! Learn more pistol shrimp facts on today's episode of Animal Fact Files! Scientific Name: Family - Alpheidae Range: tropical and temperate marine waters worldwide (tolerant to low salinity) Habitat: reefs, seagrass beds, oyster beds Size: average of 1-2 inches (2.5-5cm) as adults Diet: small fish, worms, crustaceans, etc. may also eat algae Threats: larger fish who are unaffected by snap Lifespan: a few years ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, get their video requests moved to the top of our request list, and more! ✨ 👉 https://www.patreon.com/animalfactfiles There's more to learn! Exclusive videos on social media: 🎵 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@animalfactfilesyt 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/animalfactfiles 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles 📚 Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- Pistol Shrimp SNAPPING SHRIMP 0:00 Pistol Shrimp DANGEROUS? 0:55 Pistol Shrimp LIFE CYCLE 1:39 Pistol Shrimp HABIAT 2:47 Pistol Shrimp VS MANTIS SHRIMP 3:21 Thanks / Outro 3:31 --- Image and Video Credits: Jonathan Vera Caripe - https://flickr.com/photos/jveracaripe/3332130698 Giles Watson - https://flickr.com/photos/29320962@N07/11247466603 prilfish - https://flickr.com/photos/silkebaron/19772748025 Arthur Anker - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Synalpheus_pinkfloydi_(full_res)_by_Arthur_Anker.jpg Christian Gloor - https://www.flickr.com/photos/christian_gloor/15813868816 David Hess, et. al. - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3828329 David Paul - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alpheus_australosulcatus,_side_view_01.jpg Michael Marmach - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alpheus_astrinx_(J_18001),_side_view_01.jpg Surfside Aquariums - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA8O6AB5ZlQ Adventures Underwater by Henning Leatsch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8wmpruQhxc tomoyasu ami - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJUaXKUMjOk Taeyoung TV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZzNd70hV48 Etienne Gosse - https://www.flickr.com/photos/11076453@N00/5386276787 jordir - https://freesound.org/people/jordir/sounds/360579 digifishmusic - https://freesound.org/people/digifishmusic/sounds/45439 xinaesthete - https://freesound.org/people/xinaesthete/sounds/121220 carvermyers - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pistol_shrimp_claw_mechanism.svg GrahamBould - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Betaeopsis_aequimanus.JPG Rickard Zerpe - https://www.flickr.com/photos/krokodiver/24408552966 Coralust Reef Solutions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JzvN35yMA Research Credits: https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2020/09/10/pistol-shrimp https://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/pistol-shrimp.htm http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2017/ph240/nag2 https://www.allthingsnature.org/what-is-a-pistol-shrimp.htm https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/alpheidae https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Alpheus_heterochaelis https://ocr.org/sounds/snapping-shrimp https://dosits.org/galleries/audio-gallery/marine-invertebrates/snapping-shrimp https://www.thoughtco.com/facts-about-snapping-shrimp-3957608