Mighty Scared: The Amazing Ways Animals Defend Themselves
Are you afraid of the dark Of getting lost Of something you saw in a movie Maybe someone laughed at you for being scared or called you a chicken That's okay Being scared is natural and helpful In fact it's how we stay safe While people might run or scream animals have cool ways of protecting themselves when they're afraid ways that are amazing and amazingly awesome So what do animals do when they get mighty scared
0 PISTOL SHRIMP Shoot bubble bullets Location Worldwide Habitat Coral and oyster reefs seagrass flats and estuaries Special feature One claw is bigger than the other and up to half the length of its body WHEN THEY GET SCARED When a pistol shrimp gets scared it snaps its large claw shut at 100 miles 160 kilometers per hour It's so fast that the snapping motion creates a pocket of air or bubble bullet that shoots through the water When the bubble explodes the force of it stuns or kills enemies on contact That burst of water is as hot as the sun and louder than fireworks
GET TO KNOW ME What scares you I'm as big as a fish stick That's right I'm only 1 to 2 inches 2.5 to 5 centimeters long I can be eaten by bigger hungry sea creatures like hawkfish groupers and lionfish How do you fight back I'm a sharp shooting underwater cowboy with the fastest claw in the sea I'm great at catching small shrimp crabs fish and snails also known as dinner But when an enemy comes near I'll fire a bubble bullet their way they won't even know what hit em Yeehaw Any other cool facts you want to share When my friends and I shoot bubble bullets we can disrupt sonar and underwater communication Humans don't like the noise and blame us for letting enemy submarines sneak into their territory I might be a cowboy but I'm no match for the military
