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Giant Isopod.

By Alex in Animal, Pictures on Oct 4, 2006 at 1:39 pm


This monstrous looking creature of the sea is the giant isopod, which is abundant in the cold, deep waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. They can reach a maximum length of about 45 cm or 18 inches.

My wife saw this and said that she just lost her interest in learning to scuba dive.

Link [wiki] – via zooglea

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  1. Nonchalant Savant
    Oct 4th, 2006 at 4:12 pm

    I wonder what it tastes like?

  2. Jason
    Oct 4th, 2006 at 4:15 pm

    Damn, I was thinking the same thing and with only one comment before me, I thought I would get it first. Curse you, Nonchalant Savant!

  3. Moni A.
    Oct 4th, 2006 at 7:20 pm

    Eat it? Ewww. ha ha Well, I'm vegan so what's ya expect. I think it looks like a giant mole crab. I see smaller creatures very similiar to this every time I visit the beach in NC. They are fun for the kids to catch and then let go. We affectionately call them "diggers" because the dig in the sand so fast. The biggest I've seen was about the size of a quarter.

  4. Alex
    Oct 4th, 2006 at 7:46 pm

    Isn't there a monster like this on Starship Trooper?

  5. Ant
    Oct 4th, 2006 at 9:38 pm

    Looks like a sow bug/rolly polly.

  6. earl
    Oct 4th, 2006 at 10:00 pm

    I wonder where his mommy is...

  7. Denita TwoDragons
    Oct 4th, 2006 at 10:10 pm

    Well I for one welcome our new isopod overlords...

    --TwoDragons

  8. Blacknimbus
    Oct 4th, 2006 at 10:57 pm

    Here comes the Zerg

  9. mahler
    Oct 5th, 2006 at 12:13 am

    I can't imagine ticks a size like this would infest my dog's ears

  10. Aleki
    Oct 5th, 2006 at 4:16 am

    My thought was also "what's it taste like?" I looked it up on google and apparently not too good. I'd still try it though. They say that they eat it in Vietnam and other Asian Area's... This whole time I thought it was dog I was eating...
    A little garlic butter and a side of rice....

  11. The Adversary
    Oct 5th, 2006 at 8:24 am

    Hehe, looks like an old Screaming Mad Georges creture back from the 80's :)

    http://www.smgfx.com/docs/nightmare3.html

  12. ss
    Oct 5th, 2006 at 1:34 pm

    Ohjesuschrist, at first I thought that was a kiddie pool, not the top of a poly drum. I can deal with them being lobster-sized, not so much pitbull-sized.

  13. gail
    Oct 5th, 2006 at 1:38 pm

    Looks like a louse.Feh.

  14. donna
    Oct 5th, 2006 at 1:43 pm

    Don't let it turn you off diving - scuba diving is way too much fun!!!

  15. Lotta
    Oct 6th, 2006 at 12:42 am

    God that's nasty. One more reason to stick to swimming pools!

  16. Sarah
    Oct 6th, 2006 at 10:37 am

    Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...

  17. KillJoy
    Jun 4th, 2007 at 7:08 pm

    They better change the things name or Apple will probably sue them

  18. Tweeky
    Sep 7th, 2008 at 5:49 am

    It's a very weird looking creatare indeed ! It's just like a big insect ;D I've also written an article about this creature ^^

    http://deepseamonsters.blogspot.com/2008/08/giant-isopod.html

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