New Deadly Sonic Shrimp Named After Pink Floyd

New Deadly Sonic Shrimp Named After Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd in 1971, photo by Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images

A new species of shrimp has been named after Pink Floyd, as NPR points out. The shrimp is called Synalpheus pinkfloydi, and it has large pink claws that open and close quickly enough to create frequencies up to 210 decibels (which is louder than most rock shows), capable of killing small fish within its proximity. Coincidentally, a 1992 Pink Floyd biography stated that the band once played a…