If this article had appeared tomorrow, I would assume it was an April Fool's joke.
Since it appeared on March 30, I guess it's for real.
Just another reason why the bottom of the ocean is not going to replace Disneyland as a prime vacation spot anytime soon.
I've seen these isopods before, I believe on the Blue Planet episode showing deep sea creatures. (There are some pretty amazing multicolored bioluminescent jellyfish there, too.) The isopods were feeding on the remnants of a whale carcass that fell all the way to the bottom of the deep ocean, and reminded me of the extinct trilobites. Clips of the scene I saw are available on YouTube if you search for isopods.
Posted by: Keith Augustine | March 31, 2010 at 10:47 PM
how would that taste in butter....
Posted by: Kris | March 31, 2010 at 10:50 PM
They remind me of trilobites too! I've TA'd oceanography enough times to have seen isopods before, but they are still pretty neat. People do eat them in some parts of the world.
Posted by: Sandy | April 01, 2010 at 12:21 AM
Looks like an overgrown Moreton Bay Bug. Tasty!
Posted by: Louise | April 01, 2010 at 04:37 AM
Gross! It looks like a giant cockroach.
Posted by: Erich | April 01, 2010 at 07:20 AM
God thinks of everything doesn't he? ;)
Posted by: Paul | April 01, 2010 at 08:23 AM
I find it utterly repulsive. Eurgh.
Posted by: michael duggan | April 01, 2010 at 10:28 AM
Michael,
I thank you for steering the blog away from the political tone, even though I tend to strongly agree with most of your political sentiments.
I'm not really kidding when I say that I find this "bug" to be less repulsive than what is happening in Washington right now.
Posted by: RabbitDawg | April 01, 2010 at 11:55 AM
I can't say I find it repulsive. It looks extremely well constructed to me :)
Posted by: Paul | April 01, 2010 at 12:24 PM
Looks like something out of Starship Troopers.
Posted by: Breanainn | April 01, 2010 at 03:49 PM
This graphic of the mariana trench is mind-blowing
http://cdn-www.i-am-bored.com/media/84551_marianatrench.jpg
Posted by: sam | April 01, 2010 at 07:24 PM
Sam, the link is broken.
Posted by: Ronnie Lee | April 01, 2010 at 07:28 PM
really? it's working for me, I just had to copy/paste
Posted by: sam | April 01, 2010 at 07:36 PM
Interesting graphic, Sam.
The link worked for me.
Posted by: Michael Prescott | April 01, 2010 at 07:49 PM
Great graphic of the trench, but they forgot to put UFOs on the bottom.
Posted by: dmduncan | April 01, 2010 at 08:22 PM
"...they forgot to put UFOs on the bottom."
True! They're all IFOs -(identified fishy objects).
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