Monster of the deep caught!

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Monster of the deep: Shocked oil workers catch TWO-AND-A-HALF-FOOT 'woodlouse'
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 2:40 PM on 02nd April 2010
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This deep sea creepy-crawly gave oil workers a fright, after the unexpected visitor hitched a ride on a submarine sent from a rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
The beast normally lives 8,500ft under water and this specimen is thought to be the largest giant isopod found at this depth.

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From head to toe, I'm two and a half feet long (30 inches). This giant isopod was found clinging to a submarine being used by oil contractors
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What you lookin' at? The bathynomus giganteus, seen head on
Called the Bathynomus Giganteus, it is a super-sized cousin of the humble woodlouse.
The one in this picture purports to be 2.5ft long - which would make it far bigger than the average size of 1ft.
Its legs are arranged in seven pairs, and its front two are able to manipulate and bring food to its four sets of jaws. It is a scavenger that feeds on dead whales, fish and shrimp.

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Hundreds of butterflies wing their way to the Natural History Museum
The species is abundant in the cold, deep waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and is a good example of deep-sea gigantism.
Many deep-sea crustaceans and invertebrates tend to be larger than their shallow-water counterparts.
It is not yet known whether this is due to the colder temperature, higher pressure or scarcer food resources.


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[Shuvo]

Those aren't rare I thought? They are a delicacy in certain asian countries

[Mizango]

Those aren't rare I thought? They are a delicacy in certain asian countries

They aren't and yes they are eaten in quite a few countries. I guess with the QQing from health care winding down they need something "news worthy".

[Xno Kappa]

I'm gonna need a bigger boot.

[Acturus]

Gulf of Mexico? It must be an illegal giant woodlouse trying to cross our boarders.

As long as my new socialist healthcare program doesn't pay for it's giant woodlouse abortions and we send it back to whatever South American country it tried to sneak over from, them I'm cool with it.

[Alvein]

It looks like a final boss from an SNES game.

[Pabst]

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q.../qc-isopod.gif

http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc...tegory_Code=QC

[Klaatu]

I'm gonna need a bigger boot.

http://www.wildbluffmedia.com/wp-con...hief_brody.jpg

[Chun Liroy]

They aren't and yes they are eaten in quite a few countries. I guess with the QQing from health care winding down they need something "news worthy".

Man not only was it a retarded article but people on BG are fucking slow, jeez.
FYI: Non-news is non-news.

[Omniyoji]

Awww it was trying to mate with the sub

Also
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...ery_image1.jpg

[Acturus]

I thought it was a big deal because it was two and a half times the size of normal ones.

[Mizango]

Man not only was it a retarded article but people on BG are fucking slow, jeez.
FYI: Non-news is non-news.

Yeah we were talking about this on FB on what, Wednesday or some shit? lol

[Mizango]

I thought it was a big deal because it was two and a half times the size of normal ones.

Well the term "normal" is relative. There are some in aquariums and others that are eaten that routinely 2' long or just a little over. Not saying its not a cool story or anything by any means, but these are hardly rare. They are often found in crab and lobster pots eating the bait fish.

iirc one of the largest ever found was just a bit over 3' long but that was about 6 years ago and may no longer be the largest one caught.

[Chun Liroy]

Giant aquatic pill bugs ooooo ahhhhh