Add to collection
  • + Create new collection
    • New Zealand snapping shrimp.
    Rights: Public domain Published 10 May 2011 Size: 260 KB Referencing Hub media

    This species of snapping shrimp is native to New Zealand reefs and can generate a sound by snapping its large pincer together.

      Appears in

      ARTICLE

      New Zealand reef noise

      The reefs of New Zealand are noisy places, not the silent world that many of us imagine. The animals that live on reefs, such as shrimp, kina and fish, all have their distinctive sounds, and this ...

      READ MORE
      MORE
      Add to favourites
      Add to collection
    1. + Create new collection
      2. ARTICLE

      Hearing sound

      Three components are needed for sound to be heard: A source – where the sound is made. A medium – something for the sound to travel through. A receiver – something to detect the sound. Source ...

      READ MORE
      MORE
      Add to favourites
      Add to collection
    2. + Create new collection
        3. Go to full glossary
        Download all
        Email Us

        See our newsletters here.