Shrimp louder than a blue whale?

[Columbian Shark Catfish]

Yup. The pistol shrimp is the loudest animal in the world! Louder than the blue whale; which is louder than a jet plane!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKPrGxB1Kzc

(Please, someone embed.)

I give these shrimps kudos.

 

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[Jeox]

Mine never seemed to be that loud.
You could hear it across the house, but it just sounded like someone bouncing a peice of gravel off of glass.

 

[gazelle]

wait were those soudns the actual shrimp making them or a gun sound runover?

 

[Columbian Shark Catfish]

wait were those soudns the actual shrimp making them or a gun sound runover?

No!!!! lmao!!!

 

[Greez]

Mine never seemed to be that loud.
You could hear it across the house, but it just sounded like someone bouncing a peice of gravel off of glass.

Were they hard to keep?

Sounds like a cool kind of shrimp to own

 

[Columbian Shark Catfish]

Were they hard to keep?

Sounds like a cool kind of shrimp to own

Until its time for tank maintenance

 

[Jeox]

Were they hard to keep?

Sounds like a cool kind of shrimp to own

Nope. pretty much the as hard as keeping a crayfish.
Well, except in saltwater.