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Kyle Kanos
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I hope this question is suited to this forum. If not, I'll gladly delete it. WhileWhile reading the amazing things that the mantis shrimpmantis shrimp can do, such as moving two of their limbs so quickly that the water around them 'supercavitates'(?)'supercavitates', a friend of mine told me that those limbs were creating vacuum, in the water. Does this creation of vacuum happen? Or is it something else? If so, am I creating vacuum when boiling water?

I hope this question is suited to this forum. If not, I'll gladly delete it. While reading the amazing things that the mantis shrimp can do, such as moving two of their limbs so quickly that the water around them 'supercavitates'(?), a friend of mine told me that those limbs were creating vacuum, in the water. Does this creation of vacuum happen? Or is it something else? If so, am I creating vacuum when boiling water?

While reading the amazing things that the mantis shrimp can do, such as moving two of their limbs so quickly that the water around them 'supercavitates', a friend of mine told me that those limbs were creating vacuum, in the water. Does this creation of vacuum happen? Or is it something else? If so, am I creating vacuum when boiling water?

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An old man in the sea.
An old man in the sea.
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Does supercavitation create vacuum?

I hope this question is suited to this forum. If not, I'll gladly delete it. While reading the amazing things that the mantis shrimp can do, such as moving two of their limbs so quickly that the water around them 'supercavitates'(?), a friend of mine told me that those limbs were creating vacuum, in the water. Does this creation of vacuum happen? Or is it something else? If so, am I creating vacuum when boiling water?