Sea Monster or Giant Crustacean?

Blew my mind away. Anyone ever see one this big?

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Source: www.foxnews.com...

[edit on 3/30/2010 by anon72]

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wow that is seriously freaking disturbing!!! Any idea where this was hauled in??

It's a Giant Isopod!

I love these things, not exactly cuddly, but so interesting!!
You know under damp logs, those little woodlice you can find?
Well this is its big cousin who lives in the sea!

Check 'em out HERE!

I'm pretty sure its just a big underwater pill bug, but it does look like an ancient, 200 million year old monster, good find

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That is....................nice never seen one like that. The secrets the ocean holds
S&F

[edit on 3/30/10 by Ophiuchus 13]

Originally posted by l neXus l
I'm pretty sure its just a big underwater pill bug, but it does look like an ancient, 200 million year old monster, good find

Exactly what it is Nex!

And the deeper you go in the ocean the fewer there are, but also the bigger they are!!

I like this picture best..


[edit on 30/3/2010 by purehughness]

I've always said that crustacean = cockroach of the ocean.

Why anyone wants to eat a poop eating bottom feeders with garlic butter is beyond me.

But that thing in the picture need to be killed with fire.

I still consider it a monster . But I think anything that comes from underwater is a monster (severe marine life phobia!). Why do I always let my curiosity get the best of me?!

Originally posted by purehughness

Originally posted by l neXus l
I'm pretty sure its just a big underwater pill bug, but it does look like an ancient, 200 million year old monster, good find

Exactly what it is Nex!

And the deeper you go in the ocean the fewer there are, but also the bigger they are!!

I like this picture best..

[edit on 30/3/2010 by purehughness]

Holy jesus that thing is scary. I don't want that anywhere near me unless i have a 12 gauge in my hands. Just in case it tries to eat my children.

that thing is sure scary looking, but i am gonna ask what we are all thinking - is it edible? or would the meat be too tough since it is prolly old (hence the size)? looks tasty with some lemon and garlic butter....

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According to the wiki:

hey are not uncommon at seaside restaurants, served boiled and bisected with a clean lateral slice. The white meat, similar to crab or lobster in texture, is then easily removed

But I doubt I'd eat one.. They have to live so long to get that size.

Like lobsters..

And yeah I know people say that lobsters are delicious, but I still can't bring myself to eat something that lives for so long to be 'commercially viable' as they say..

I think the photos where the isopod eats a fishes tongue are even creepier.

See them here.
zoology.suite101.com...

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yea i do a lot of fishing, i know the bigger the fish the older/tougher the meat, but i don't know if it holds true for crustaceans - would seem so. still looks yummy tho, in a scary kind of way.

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yea i saw that article awhile back, that is really creepy - think there's a thread on ATS somewhere about it too.

I bet these things would make a nice looking hat.

OK , this things just creepy weird . I swear he stared in some bad B movie in the 50 s) [atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/658cbbfcd619.jpg[/atsimg]

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I would love to cook that thing up..

I'm serious, sea food is my passion.

Cheese as well....

Seriously though, that thing is massive.

~Keeper

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Giant alien draconian shapeshifter isopod brought to Earth by reptilians, to attack people while they swim of the beach. David Icke and Arizona Wilder are up to disclose them in further books.

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I too would like to eat it. Looks like a giant lobster tail with eyes and feet.

Is that bad? Frowned upon??

As a person who loves the aesthetics and amazing variety to be found in all creatures from the crab to the sponge, to the crustacean and to land dwelling invertebrates I can tell you this creature is a thing of beauty and I would love to be able to hold this thing in my hands and study it for a while.

Insects for instance are my passion to the point I read loads on entomology many years ago therefore this stunning Isopod kind of floats my boat.

As to eating these things well certain parts are considered a delicacy I believe in the far east but that is not saying much because so are cats and dogs, rats and beetles considered delicacies so take from that what you will. That said I would imagine the edible parts of this isopod would be the legs and I would think it best to avoid the torso?

Amazing, thanks for posting this OP