Giant Sea Bug Found Attached To Submersible Robot

by Michael dEstries March 30, 2010
Categories: Animals.

Like something out of a horror movie, pics of a giant 2.5 foot isopod surfaced on Reddit today. The giant sea bug was found attached to a robotic submersible at a depth of 8,500ft.. They’re apparently quite abundant in the cold, dark waters of the Atlantic where they scavenge for food. Another scary angle after the fold below.

giant isopod

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Rad_Rosa

Whoa that’s really awesome!!
Let’s hope fishermen don’t start fishing for these creatures aswell.
http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com Kathy Patalsky

oh my goodness!!! yikes. I hope they threw him back in!
- From MN, with hope…
  
  The change in water pressure probably killed it before it got to the surface. Plus it would take several hours to fall back down, so it would die anyways unfortunately. Latching onto that sub was the last thing that creature ever did.
don miguelo

The only thing scarier than this pic is the words “Quite Abundant” underneath it. *shivers…
Vanessa

Holy…if that thing were ever near me, I think I’d have a heart attack! OMG.
Don Drennon

Wow.

However: Photography FAIL. Please include something to reference size.
Mike Ogilvie

So did it just decide to tag along to see what was “up there” or did it somehow get caught on the submarine? Weird.
Rob

Looks like a woodlouse!
- Pat
  
  It basically is a woodlouse. They are both Isopods…
Rich

Early April fools?
- http://www.discountedcellularphones.com Discounted Cell Phones
  
  I’m with you. I think they thought it was tomorrow.
http://www.veganjapan.net herwin

what about some whaling comments ? where is computervirus DDPalmer ?
- Michael Raymer
  
  He’s at his local seafood joint, asking if it’s on the menu yet.
  - http://www.veganjapan.net herwin
    
    he is back .
  - http://www.veganjapan.net herwin
    
    and he talks about whaling ! i told you so, that creep would be back talking about whaling.
  - http://www.veganjapan.net herwin
    
    and he is talking to himself and so frustrated that nobody talks to him that he creates a “flipper” and an “abe”. What a looser. seems like the more he is ignored, the wackier he gets.
  - Abe
    
    Ddpalmer did not create me, my parents did. The true loser on this board is the Herminator. Is it weird that when I read his comments, Stewie from the Family Guy is his voice?
- Abe
  
  I think “herwin” is Japanese for douchebag, it might lose something in translation though.
Steph

This was a scary thing to see first thing in the morning. Wow….
Sagebrush

I wonder what they taste like…
- james
  
  eeew eating tht , its like a big roach lol !!
From MN, with hope…

Oh gracious, I’ve been having nightmares since I saw the thing. ‘More abundant’ is bad, but the size is worse to me. Not really nightmares though, because I imagine them in the daytime, when my mind wanders. No idea why I find this so creepy…
ibgeekn

Your size reference is the colored handles on the operation controls. those are normally 6 to 8 inches long. Lay them end to end and you can get the 2.5 feet they talk about.
Since these do grow to the 1 foot mark normally, this size would be within reason. As humans we can range from 5 to 7 feet tall and still be called normal. That’s quite a range.
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Jerry

Wonder what good its’ eye do. I think it’s awsome, really prehitoric looking and just plain beautiful!
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Georgy

I doubt this pic is authentic. If it was dredged up at 8500m, then it was obviously used to living at the amount of water pressure. Bought to the surface with no pressure at all, this things internals should have literally ‘fallen off the bone’.
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Jessica

Yikes! If I saw one of those things on land, I would probably have to check my self into a hospital for having hallucinations!