I was sent this picture through an email, and am totally stumped as to WHAT it is, and where it comes from

It's been shown in this forum before. It's some kind of sealife.
I just went and looked for the thread without luck, but it's in here somewhere.

Vas


[edit on 6-7-2006 by Vasilis Azoth]

Its the ANTICHRIST!!! J/P, looks like a lobster shrimp. Weird, nice pics tho.

Yeah its a giant isopod, I remember there was a thread on ATS about it awhile ago.

I thought that bugger was fake at first but its a legit deep sea crustaceans. Really seems like a living fossil

Looks like a giant evil version of a Woodlouse.

[edit on 6/7/06 by Liamoville]

I know! It's a biologically engineered wood louse! No, I'm wrong? Crap.

Yeah, these are giant isopods, prehistoric animals that haven't changed in millions of years. How did you get one?

I don't care what it is, all I want to know is, is it edible? And is it tasty?

Looks like a crab with lots of meat, I love crabs....mmmm yummy.....

Wow. The eyes almost look metallic. That thing does not look of this earth.

I would never even think about eating that.

It looks.................tasty. Wow. I can see that critter on a plate, smothered in garlic butter and chives, served in a bed of coconut and ginger jasmine rice with a side of fried okra and a wedge of lemon. MMMMMMMM.

Is there a law against eating prehistoric creatures?

"In zoology, deep-sea gigantism, also known as abyssal gigantism, is the tendency for species of crustaceans, invertebrates and other deep-sea dwelling animals to display a larger size than their shallow-water counterparts."

Man, God only know what creatures live at the bottom of the ocean. Just looking at that thing makes me want to puke.

well, you can bet that Japanese guy is going to eat him since they just love to eat every animal in existence

Originally posted by wangho
well, you can bet that Japanese guy is going to eat him since they just love to eat every animal in existence

lol, I could see that now...

Japanese Guy: Hey, what's that?
American Guy: Oh, that? It's a possum...
Japanese Guy: *licks Lips*
American Guy: *with raised eyebrow* Why did you want to know?
Japanese Guy: Oh, no reason... *looks at American Guy, licks lips and runs into house*

looks alot like a moreton bay bug IMO, its a kind of seafood that i think is localised completely inside moreton bay in australia...but then again i may be wrong im not a marine buff

but who would even look at that thing and get hungry? How twisted would you have to be to see that and think of your next meal without breaking into a vomiting spell?