October 11, 2007: Giant isopod

Undertoad · 10-11-2007, 11:40 AM

A lurker (? I guess?) turns my attention to the Giant isopod, a beast from the sea. I was not previously aware of this, so accept my apology if you've seen it before.

If lobsters are the giant cockroaches of the ocean, and king crabs the giant spiders, we have now located the watery giant roly-poly... I mean pill bug... potato bug... doodlebug... woodlouse!

Lurker was apparently inlighted by this thread, wherein the definitive isopod picture was identified:

Sheldonrs · 10-11-2007, 11:59 AM

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm...Isopod dip and chips....

glatt · 10-11-2007, 12:02 PM

I got one of those iSopods, but I was disappointed at how easily it would scratch.

LabRat · 10-11-2007, 12:09 PM

They don't make a shopvac big enough to suck those puppies out of my basement corners like I do their cousins. Good thing they're sea dwellars!

ZenGum · 10-11-2007, 12:13 PM

Just wait for Steve Jobs to announce the big price drop.
And the inevitable ridiculous lawsuit.

lumberjim · 10-11-2007, 12:15 PM

no earbuds. no wonder he was pissed off.

Cloud · 10-11-2007, 12:47 PM

I'm not plugging those things in my ear!

(visions of the creepy Star Trek Wrath of Kahn crawly ear bug. thing.)

TheMercenary · 10-11-2007, 12:47 PM

Lobster Tails without the green part!

They look like trylobites.

corydodt · 10-11-2007, 12:52 PM

This is dying for a lolcats treatment.

ViennaWaits · 10-11-2007, 01:15 PM

Somebody call Stephen King. His dogs are loose again.

ZenGum · 10-11-2007, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

SNIP

They look like trylobites.

I thought that too, but they're not.
Probably just convergent evolution. Scuttling across the ocean floor, you'd get that way.

Razzmatazz13 · 10-11-2007, 01:57 PM

welcome corydodt!

Sundae Girl · 10-11-2007, 02:05 PM

I didn't mind the first picture - they do look like food.
But the second picture had me imagining they were in my kitchen, and not even I would dive in to save a packet of crisps if they were. Yuk.

Saphyre · 10-11-2007, 02:52 PM

bleah -- no amount of garlic butter would make that appetizing!

Seriously though, we were in Sitka, AK back in August, where I met one of the marine biology students at Sheldon Jackson College. He caught one of these on a fishing trip down near Mexico earlier this year. It was so odd (to him anyway), that he froze the thing, and brought it back to the small aquarium they have at the college. Nasty looking boogers, even frozen. Maybe they'd look better deep fried?

Adam · 10-11-2007, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corydodt

This is dying for a lolcats treatment.

Or... Havin' uz a party!

I couldn't decide.

10-11-2007, 11:40 AM	#1
Undertoad Sorry for my long posts Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Valley Forge Natl Park Posts: 20,297	October 11, 2007: Giant isopod A lurker (? I guess?) turns my attention to the Giant isopod, a beast from the sea. I was not previously aware of this, so accept my apology if you've seen it before. If lobsters are the giant cockroaches of the ocean, and king crabs the giant spiders, we have now located the watery giant roly-poly... I mean pill bug... potato bug... doodlebug... woodlouse! Lurker was apparently inlighted by this thread, wherein the definitive isopod picture was identified:

10-11-2007, 11:59 AM	#2
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 3,034	Mmmmmmmmmmmmm...Isopod dip and chips.... __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

10-11-2007, 12:09 PM	#4
LabRat ______ Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,125	They don't make a shopvac big enough to suck those puppies out of my basement corners like I do their cousins. Good thing they're sea dwellars! __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

10-11-2007, 12:15 PM	#6
lumberjim just say no to entropy Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 19,044	no earbuds. no wonder he was pissed off. Attached Images __________________ One is always in the dark about one's own personality. One needs others to get to know oneself. - Carl Jung

10-11-2007, 12:47 PM	#7
Cloud Evil Mignonette Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA MTZ (GMT-7) Posts: 7,676	I'm not plugging those things in my ear! (visions of the creepy Star Trek Wrath of Kahn crawly ear bug. thing.) __________________ The Owl and the Pussycat. Yeah, they went to sea, and there were pussies involved. Look it up!

10-11-2007, 12:02 PM	#3
glatt waiting like a stalking Butler Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 11,820	I got one of those iSopods, but I was disappointed at how easily it would scratch.

10-11-2007, 12:13 PM	#5
ZenGum Has OCD and ADD; has OCD and hey look at the birdy! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 6,699	Just wait for Steve Jobs to announce the big price drop. And the inevitable ridiculous lawsuit.

10-11-2007, 12:47 PM	#8
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 16,985	Lobster Tails without the green part! They look like trylobites. __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knItRruwXEA

10-11-2007, 12:52 PM	#9
corydodt Writer of Writings Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 14	This is dying for a lolcats treatment.

10-11-2007, 01:15 PM	#10
ViennaWaits That's some bad hat, Harry. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 83	Somebody call Stephen King. His dogs are loose again. __________________ There is no smoking on this flight, but you can light up whatever you like once we land in Jamaica.

10-11-2007, 01:57 PM	#12
Razzmatazz13 straight on till morning Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,016	welcome corydodt! __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

10-11-2007, 02:05 PM	#13
Sundae Girl sleazy in the name of amusement Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 12,271	I didn't mind the first picture - they do look like food. But the second picture had me imagining they were in my kitchen, and not even I would dive in to save a packet of crisps if they were. Yuk.

10-11-2007, 02:52 PM	#14
Saphyre Dedicated WoWer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: San Fernando Valley, So. Cali Posts: 35	bleah -- no amount of garlic butter would make that appetizing! Seriously though, we were in Sitka, AK back in August, where I met one of the marine biology students at Sheldon Jackson College. He caught one of these on a fishing trip down near Mexico earlier this year. It was so odd (to him anyway), that he froze the thing, and brought it back to the small aquarium they have at the college. Nasty looking boogers, even frozen. Maybe they'd look better deep fried? __________________ You used to captivate me, by your resonating light, now I'm bound by the life you left behind Your face, it haunts my once pleasant dreams, your voice, it chased away all the sanity in me

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