[identity profile] i-want-2.livejournal.com 2012-08-11 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Funny, those in pic 9 can grow over 3 feet long.

[identity profile] rose-cat.livejournal.com 2012-08-12 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
It's like a pillbug found near a nuclear power plant!

PODZILLA

Coming soon to SyFy: Podzilla Vs. Megalodon

[identity profile] i-want-2.livejournal.com 2012-08-12 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeppers. And they can get bigger. Ever seen the videos of whale carcasses on the bottom of the ocean floor? These are all over them, and they aren't tiny.

[identity profile] rose-cat.livejournal.com 2012-08-13 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
OM NOM NOM.

I'll tell you what surprised me: I googled to see if they can be -- and have been -- kept as pets. It doesn't sound like they are, but an awful lot of people are asking about it!

[identity profile] i-want-2.livejournal.com 2012-08-13 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, there are a lotta nerds out there that want their own alien bugs. I would think they critters require a great deal of pressure to survive because of their normal depth.

[identity profile] rose-cat.livejournal.com 2012-08-13 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
Not to mention a HUMONGOUS aquarium. (How cool is it that spell-check knows "humongous"?)

[identity profile] i-want-2.livejournal.com 2012-08-13 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
Almost as gnarly as pronouncing gnarly with the G.

[identity profile] i-want-2.livejournal.com 2012-08-13 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly! Radical, man!

[identity profile] i-want-2.livejournal.com 2012-08-15 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Heavy!