螯里藏着太阳的虾

这种虾远比看起来危险。把这个故事分享给那个总是小看小东西的人。在温暖的浅海里，生活着一种体长仅有一根手指大小的虾，它有一只格外硕大的螯，随时像上了膛的弹簧一样蓄势待发。

This shrimp is more dangerous than it looks. Send this to someone who underestimates small things. In warm shallow seas lives a shrimp barely the length of a finger, with one oversized claw held ready like a loaded spring.

当这只虾猛地合上螯的瞬间，速度快到不只是击中目标那么简单：它会在水中制造出一个气泡，这个气泡几乎瞬间崩溃，而在崩溃的那一刹那，气泡内部的温度会接近太阳表面的温度。仅仅是这声响，就比枪声还要响亮，足以震晕甚至震死附近的小鱼。

When the shrimp snaps that claw shut, it happens so fast that it does not just hit its target. It creates a bubble in the water that collapses almost instantly, and for a fraction of a second, the inside of that collapsing bubble reaches a temperature close to the surface of the sun. The sound alone is louder than a gunshot, loud enough to stun or kill small fish nearby.

虾本身并不会因此发热，高温和声响都来自那个气泡，而气泡消失得太快，根本来不及被感知到。在珊瑚礁附近作业的潜水员，往往先听到这种啪的一声，才看到一只虾的身影。

Nothing about the shrimp itself gets hot. The heat and the sound both come from the bubble, gone before it could ever be felt. Divers who work near coral reefs often hear the snapping sound before they see a single shrimp.