'Supergiant' crustacean found in deepest ocean

[Tank]

'Supergiant' crustacean found in deepest ocean

A huge crustacean has been found lurking 7km down in the waters off the coast of New Zealand.

The creature - called a supergiant - is a type of amphipod, which are normally around 2-3cm long.

But these beasts, discovered in the Kermadec Trench, were more than 10 times bigger: the largest found measured in at 34cm.

Alan Jamieson, from the University of Aberdeen's Oceanlab, said: "It's a bit like finding a foot-long cockroach."

"I stopped and thought: 'What on Earth was that?' This amphipod was far bigger than I ever thought possible."

See also video of the deepest fish ever filmed alive!

[Asmodean]

Cool!

...But ugly. But cool. But ugly... But cool.

For the record, if they DO find a foot long roach, The Asmo is moving to ISS.

[The Magic Pudding]

Nyyya, ours is bigger.

[Tank]

LOL!

[Stevil]

Hmmm, something new on the menu. This will bring in some well needed revenue to our country.

[The Magic Pudding]

Cool!

...But ugly. But cool. But ugly... But cool.

For the record, if they DO find a foot long roach, The Asmo is moving to ISS.

There are giant weta's.

Poor Knights giant weta (Deinacrida fallai) - this specimen has an overall length of 200 mm (8 in)

[Asmodean]

8 inches of cricket, I can live with.

[Crocoduck]

Someone pass the cocktail sauce.

[Tank]

Someone pass the cocktail sauce.

I bet these things live for a long time.

[Buddy]

I wonder if somewhere, miles under the ocean, there is a twenty meter shrimp.

[Tank]

I wonder if somewhere, miles under the ocean, there is a twenty meter shrimp.

You never know. We know less about the ocean depths than the surface of the Moon. 12 men have stood on the surface of the Moon. The deepest part of the ocean has only been visited by two men in a steel ball.

[Asmodean]

Only two humans, but plenty of Asmos. They are tolerant to extreme pressure.

[Beachdragon]

Gee, I guess I'm the only one who thinks that creature is beautiful.  The pattern of it's shell and how it all fits together, amazing.    But then, I am interested in invertebrates.  This is indeed cool.

[Buddy]

I also find invertebrates interesting. Or at least interesting enough to have a colony of Dubai roaches

[Beachdragon]

Cool!  I used to do volunteer work at the Zoo in Washington DC.  I trained in the Invertebrate house.  We had all kinds of stuff and it was great fun to talk to the public and do feedings of the animals.

Sometimes we woud take the Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches out and put them on our shirts like broaches and walk up to people to talk about them.

I remember once I had a dead walking stick in my hand and this one girl turned around and saw it with me and screamed at the top of her lungs!  LOL.