Giant Hitchhiker on ROV

DRC Archive Lounge Lizard
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I got an email from a friend in the gulf oil industry. he got these pics in mail from a friend. Devon energy was using an ROV to set equipment in 8500 feet of water for an oil rig. when they pulled it back up, it had this 2 1/2 foot hitchhiker on the rail. I havent found an original post yet, but did find the same pics on this divers forum.

http://www.nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11603#p138676

Get your tweezers out Jon, gota bug for you!

searching led me to an Aussie blog that also posted the pics and this info link.

Giant Isopod | Deep Sea News

and you can even listen to the Isopod Song Album. Just click on the link.

There’s a lot of strange stuff out there…

As inspector Clouseau might ask. Does your Isopod Bite?

Ouch!

Oh, Sorry. That’s not my Isopod.

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Now thats a big bug.

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Looks a little fake, but that is scary lol

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Looks a little fake, but that is scary lol[/quote]

Click on the first link and theres videos of them with crabs eating a fish carcass and theres alot of them.

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Ya i know i saw it … thats the only reason i believe it

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Oh, they are real. and big too alright. Its the shelter of the deep that drives them to grow large to survive. and they do. just a remanant from prehistoric past. The Star wars Milenium Falcon had space lice, and we gots deep sea-lice. Who gotz the bug spray?