What the hell is this giant bug?, page 2
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reply posted on 8-7-2005 @ 10:14 PM by AlexofSkye
I agree that its a Giant Isopod. Here is additional information on them, with a confirming picture (albeit of a smaller specimen). en.wikipedia.org..." target="_blank" class="postlink" rel="nofollow"> en.wikipedia.org...

The original posted picture is obviously the same species, although an unusually large individual, possibly from a greater depth, an example of the "gigantism" mentioned in the Wikipedia article.


reply posted on 9-7-2005 @ 04:06 AM by Toelint
You wanted to know what that big bug is...here ya go! I found the following subsection at :

oceanexplorer.noaa.gov... opods/isopods.html



"One such species, Bathynomus giganticus, is found in water up to 1,000 m (off the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic coast of the U.S.); it can grow up to about 28 cm in length. It is usually caught in baited traps, which it enters to scavenge fish carcasses. It actively preys on smaller animals as well as scavenges on anything organic that drops to the sea floor."



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reply posted on 9-7-2005 @ 04:12 AM by Toelint


Here's the picture I wanted to add to the post above. I don't know why, but sometimes I wipe out EVERYTHING in the post when I try to edit and add links or pics...oh well.

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