Think sharks are scary? They're
downright cuddly compared to the
Bathynomus giganteus, a very terrifying
(and very real) sea creature that
recently surfaced from the deep.
Read the full article by Mike Krumboltz for The Buzz Log
Read the full article by Mike Krumboltz for The Buzz Log
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cachaca_dave (38 months ago )
Humm are they edible?
evathemizer (38 months ago )
They remind me of Potato Bugs.
limelight.photos (38 months ago )
kinda makes me want to watch the movie Preditor now...
roxy is my name (38 months ago )
ooo looks kinda like a cockroach.
moderba@yahoo.com (38 months ago )
I bet it tastes good. Like lobster maybe?
dlynn821 [deleted] (38 months ago )
looks like a cock roche
browneyedgirl1465 (38 months ago )
looks like something that came out of Alien vs Predator
The Green Giant LEGO (38 months ago )
Looks like a Predator, the aliens from ID4 and a huge cockroach.
Morgoth-JEV (38 months ago )
Reminds me of a Horseshoe crab crossed with a grasshopper.
Flatfield Kennel (38 months ago )
Looks like a juicy Lobster to me!
mek642002 (38 months ago )
bet it tastes like chicken.
KateJDavis (38 months ago )
Didn't Kuzco & Pacha eat this in the diner on Emperor's New Groove?
aung_lin (38 months ago )
Can we eat it?
margotbianca (38 months ago )
yes. some disturbing and yet fascinating combination of roach, crab and potato bug.
iownlp2k6 (38 months ago )
its a giant rolly poly / pill bug..
apelaine (38 months ago )
That is something that you see in a SyF movie. It looks like an alien mix with lobster and a roach and other insects.
neil_becker (38 months ago )
Looks more like the creature in the excellent Korean moster film "the Host"
booksandbones (38 months ago )
Looka like the Crab People from South Park
haydon nightfire (38 months ago )
looks like a giant roly poly
Wiseguy93 (38 months ago )
Looks prehistoric! Any relation to fossil records?
minxie5 (38 months ago )
cockroach, armadillo, lobster cross....
grannytazzy_manic (38 months ago )
looks like a dust mite
jessicakl4152 (38 months ago )
a underwater roachdustmite??
kahlua333333 (38 months ago )
Ummm, Warm up the Garlic Butter! I'm hungry!
jessicakl4152 (38 months ago )
lol i thought the same thing grannytazzy
5fngrslap (38 months ago )
I want to drive a big knife through its face, clean it, and poach it in a champagne butter sauce.
victoria_lynn (38 months ago )
ugh >_<
forderic2005 (38 months ago )
Looks like a aquatic Sow Bug
eiknarf08 (38 months ago )
an isopod is a 'potato bug' and a 'roly poly' hence the name a giant isopod.
matt1868 (38 months ago )
Alien to are world.undiscovered adventure in his are her underwater world.As my three year old would say"Awesome"
incerlik (38 months ago )
Ay chee waa waa!
- the teej - (38 months ago )
looks good to grill!
bevishone (38 months ago )
reminds me of a Trilobite
mrs hollins (38 months ago )
If it know like i know it better stay to the bottom of the ocean because it will end up on red lobster menu.
tiffani722 (38 months ago )
Looks like a trilobite from the Paleozoic era. They are supposed to be extinct...hmm....
Yogitanita (38 months ago )
Did they Kill him???? is he alive, experimenting with it? of course they did and probably they are down there looking for more.... Humans!!!!
honezzto (38 months ago )
it's ROLY POLY
BUT IN BIG
SirChadwic (38 months ago )
As a kid in Old North St Louis, when we turned on the lights at nite, we would see these things crawling all over the place. lol
Looks like it has a lobster tail. ummmmmm with butter!!
grandmasplace15 (38 months ago )
The Osopod is another of God's creatures with a beauty all its own. I do not see anything scary about it at all.
allstarvjs-404photos (38 months ago )
I agree with a lot of you. It looks like a cock roach / lobster (tail) / potato bug all rolled into one :)
paandonia (38 months ago )
we have one of those in our classroom, thing is freaking huge!
mrwhyte101 (38 months ago )
leave it to the human race to discover a new species...and wonder what it tastes like.
JeffSFO (38 months ago )
Excellent specimen of a primeval species.
hdebrosse (38 months ago )
I think they're cute. Not scary at all!
fckflicker1 (38 months ago )
So it's a giant lobster tail with a face?
DeRayPullig (38 months ago )
Looks like a rollie pollie/lobster on steroids.
swoozie lee (38 months ago )
Didn't I see this in a movie ? Predator maybe
naforlife (38 months ago )
Cockroach on steroids?
woodenponyrider (38 months ago )
Looks like my mother-in-law
haileydear (38 months ago )
looks like a cute rolly polly !! ;D
tracey1220 (38 months ago )
reminds me of a rolly polly......i think my grandma called 'em pill bugs. Cool!!!
♥Robyn♥ [deleted] (38 months ago )
that is wild! Looks like a creepy alien from AVP :D I do NOT wanna get anywhere near that thing!
SALTY_DOGG (38 months ago )
Mmmmm, yummy!
silverwing7teen (38 months ago )
That don't look like it would give anybody nightmares. I'd rather be up against that, then a shark any day! It looks like an ocean bug.
empierce (38 months ago )
reminds me of horseshoe crabs. kinda cool.
fxit682ebay (38 months ago )
Looks like a Giant lobster tail YUM!!!
Vali_Guerrl (38 months ago )
Say, can you eat that? LOL:)
Gotta really good Gumbo recipe for that!
vvsct1 (38 months ago )
looks like a large underwater cockroach
cdave_mlrs (38 months ago )
It looks like something prehistoric indeed however.... It also makes me think of a shrimp bc of all the legs/feet, lobster, and a cock roach..... Interesting....
msjvd (38 months ago )
District 9.
This.
Predator.
Dinner: Never again with prawns.
StealthMosquito (38 months ago )
Reminds me of Independance Day for some reason...
edgarito1 (38 months ago )
y u say he/she is ugly? i don't think its ugly...u americans have the idea of pretty all twisted..anyway, it looks like one of those prehistoric creatures.
yksong (38 months ago )
Not a fun thing to look at while eating.
silyazzrabbit (38 months ago )
sea roach lol
schratboy (38 months ago )
We're all related.
photoprose7 (38 months ago )
If it looks like lobster, it must taste like lobster. Anymore of these creatures out there?
SeiferSquall (38 months ago )
Omg. I choose you, Kabuto!
(Pokemon reference)
riadoodles_8 (38 months ago )
According to this link:
everything2.com/user/aaronin/writeups/Bathyno mus
Bathynomus is also edible and tastes like Sweet Crab Meat
Interesting.. =)
emeralddolphin420 (38 months ago )
one movie comes to mind....Starship Troopers....we're gonna need better exterminators lol
cdave_mlrs (38 months ago )
People it's not ugly. Just bc it don't look like you or me desnt mean it's ugly. Sure different and prehistoric or something but come on.....
jackieslittlesister (38 months ago )
that is a really disturbed and huge rolly polly thats on steroids
renee and marty (38 months ago )
definitely don't want to see this on the menu in my next trip to red lobster. i agree looks like a prehistoric see cock roach, yuck
Extreme Candy [deleted] (38 months ago )
My puddy tat would love one of these.!
Joe Schmoe2010 (38 months ago )
The Japanese will find a way to fish it and eat it!
Hope it has beneficial medical uses
oif.vet [deleted] (38 months ago )
Cool!
kenn151 (38 months ago )
I agree it does look like a trilobite. That is one heck of a find
kenn151 (38 months ago )
I agree it does look like a trilobite. That is one heck of a find
ChesisBest (38 months ago )
jed d diver sez
i think i ate one at Red Lobster once...
ChesisBest (38 months ago )
jed d diver sez
i think i ate one at Red Lobster once...
Drakmaso (38 months ago )
Looks like Lucy Lu, and District 9 had a lve child...
DLC Photography [deleted] (38 months ago )
look loke a trilobite
overdorfjo (38 months ago )
Whoa! How does it taste w/garlic butter and lemon?
STATE~OF~THE ART (38 months ago )
This is the exact creature that I have imagined for a long time. I get goose bumps bu only on my left side of my head. Not out of fear but what this woud feel like if I were to touch it. It is obvious that the alien moviemakers and that othre movie that was made, Tremors copied something from this creature or like me, could it be that creatures like thses have always stirred our imaginations?
Dark Sword Ragnarok (38 months ago )
It looks like the Pokemon Kabuto to me...
Am I the only one making that connection?
I'd better find my pokeballs, because I gotta catch em all! :D
jackieslittlesister (38 months ago )
why did u say it twice kenn?
FOXRIDR (38 months ago )
Emmm. Potatoe bug, lil bit off bbq and we got lunch
ChepiMoonites (38 months ago )
Ahhhhhhhh it's a sea alien!!!!! Hehehe ^_^V
familybandb (38 months ago )
Tomorrow is April Fools day....
ronnie169 (38 months ago )
Great lifeform! The question is...is there a way we can commercially exploit this little devil!
gingerpoo (38 months ago )
Looks like a cross between a cock roach and an armadillo...so would it be a "roachadillo"?
Too clean looking to be any part of a roach tho...hmmmmm
reba
sportychick11498 (38 months ago )
How big is it?
SeiferSquall (38 months ago )
i thought it was kabuto too lol
Cheese1957 (38 months ago )
Any good with some drawn butter ?
Pix by Kel (38 months ago )
Ugh! They look like giant dust mites!
JerzeyJo (38 months ago )
It looks like a lobster underneath.
FOXRIDR (38 months ago )
Dream of thse things when yur sleeping
Stan's Galleries (38 months ago )
haha Dave I thought the same thing! Mmmm like lobster, just bigger :-))
miranda<3's yew </3 (38 months ago )
haha it looks cool!!!!! no eating it!!!!!!!!!!! it cuute lol it looks sooooo cool!!!!!! awww i want one!!!!!!! haha
jenniemichelle2263 (38 months ago )
It kinda looks like an armadillo
JustsomeJoe (38 months ago )
I think I took it home from a bar one night.