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A 30-inch-long deep-sea bug? This picture purporting to show a deep-sea isopod, of the species Bathynomus giganteus, has been posted to sites such as Reddit and Cruisers Forum.

Tastes like chicken.

1 posted on 03/31/2010 3:34:20 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

Looks like big trouble is around the corner.
Where's the hot babe?

2 posted on 03/31/2010 3:38:55 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Liberalism is a Socialist Disease)
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or pillbugs that you find in your garden

..if I find that in my garden I call in an air strike

3 posted on 03/31/2010 3:41:36 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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To: OldDeckHand
100% real. Marketed as "crab meat" occasionally. Yums!


4 posted on 03/31/2010 3:43:56 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. - H. L. Menken.)
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To: OldDeckHand

We called those small ones rollie pollies too. I guess you could call it a basketball.


5 posted on 03/31/2010 3:47:01 PM PDT by timeflies
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When the lights go on they stand their ground.


9 posted on 03/31/2010 4:00:49 PM PDT by JPG (Mr. Gore, we have a warrant for your arrest...put your hands behind your back.)
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A 30-inch-long deep-sea bug?

Dang. Gonna’ need a gallon of melted butter for that bad boy.


11 posted on 03/31/2010 4:08:17 PM PDT by VOA
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May they invade all registered Democrat households.....


12 posted on 03/31/2010 4:09:00 PM PDT by rrrod
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To: OldDeckHand

Actually more like crab or a cross between crab and lobster. Yum!


13 posted on 03/31/2010 4:23:52 PM PDT by piytar (Ammo is hard to find! Bought some lately? Please share where at www.ammo-finder.com)
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30"-long isopod

Steve Jobs is a genius. First the iPod, then the iPad, and now--this!

17 posted on 03/31/2010 4:49:34 PM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Barack Obama: Government:: Bernie Madoff: Finance)
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This one probably tastes like lobster.

but what would a 2 1/2 foot long gill louse taste like, anyway? who would want to try it?

18 posted on 03/31/2010 5:18:59 PM PDT by BlueDragon (there is no such thing as a "true" compass, all are subject to both variation & deviation)
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19 posted on 03/31/2010 5:25:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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24 posted on 03/31/2010 9:52:58 PM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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25 posted on 03/31/2010 9:54:03 PM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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Don't forget the butter!

37 posted on 04/05/2010 12:33:51 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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Looks like an alien ping!


38 posted on 04/05/2010 12:38:59 PM PDT by houeto (Get drinking water from your ditch - http://www.junglebucket.com/Jungle-Bucket-1.htm)
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39 posted on 04/05/2010 12:47:13 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson)
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