Meet The Giant Isopod, The 20-Inch-Long Crustacean Of Your Nightmares
Also known asBathynomus giganteus, the giant isopod is the biggest isopod in the world. Famous for feasting on dead whales, fish, and squids, it’s one of the creepiest sea creatures on the ocean floor. Jesse Claggett / FlickrGiant isopods are the largest isopod on the planet . ambuscade on the ocean floor in deep , dark-skinned water lie the gargantuan isopod . It ’s a sea beast so quick to feast that it could eat an total giant on its own — as long as the whale is no longer alive ....