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Started by FunkMonk, March 22, 2009, 10:01:02 PM

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FunkMonk

March 22, 2009, 10:01:02 PM
In the spirit of Malthus' strange animal threads, I present to you giant isopod.







Looks disgusting. And Evil.
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HVC

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March 22, 2009, 10:06:47 PM
Remember, the uglier the thing from the sea is the tastier it is :contract:
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Grey Fox

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March 22, 2009, 10:06:49 PM
Compound eyes are always freaky
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HVC

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March 22, 2009, 10:08:43 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 22, 2009, 10:06:49 PM
Compound eyes are always freaky
The first pic does look cool. Like Mercury coated eyes.
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lustindarkness

#4
March 22, 2009, 10:09:48 PM
looks like a movie prop.
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jimmy olsen

#5
March 22, 2009, 10:56:01 PM
Ugh, creepy.
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#6
March 23, 2009, 12:11:59 AM
Deep sea gigantism strikes again.  God, what a disgusting creature. 
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March 23, 2009, 12:30:10 AM

Caliga

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March 23, 2009, 04:44:24 AM
Isn't that thing like a giant ocean-dwelling bedbug, basically?  IIRC it's closely related to bedbugs, or public lice, or something.
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#9
March 23, 2009, 04:52:42 AM
It would be a bitch to wake up one morning and find that gnawing on your balls.  On the plus side a chick covered with those things would be relatively easy to spot.
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FunkMonk

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March 23, 2009, 07:02:29 AM
Quote from: Caliga on March 23, 2009, 04:44:24 AM
Isn't that thing like a giant ocean-dwelling bedbug, basically?  IIRC it's closely related to bedbugs, or public lice, or something.
Yeah, it's related to the woodlouse. I think the movie Cloverfield based its creepy-crawlies on these... things.  :o
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March 23, 2009, 07:50:03 AM
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Josquius

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March 23, 2009, 09:05:47 AM Last Edit: March 23, 2009, 09:07:42 AM by Tyr
So...what is this thing? Where is it from?
Surely not deep sea- its surviving on land there....And don't deep sea things explode even at higher sea levels?...but...everything checks out saying it is indeed where its from. Odd.
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Fireblade

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March 23, 2009, 09:08:56 AM
QuoteGiant isopods are of little interest to most commercial fisheries owing to the typical paucity of catches and because ensnared isopods are usually scavenged beyond marketability before they are recovered. However, in Northern Taiwan and other areas, they 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.

That's fucked up.

Malthus

#14
March 23, 2009, 09:12:45 AM
Oh man, that's horrifying.  :D
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