Giant (Sea) Woodlice Arrive in Britain for First Time

The Telegraph ^ | 22 Dec 2008 | Sarah Knapton

[Pearls Before Swine]

Oh great — monster sea-lice of the deep.

[Joiseydude]

What an ugly mofo.

[valkyry1]

[gorush]

Giant lice or mites, interesting, thanks.

[Clemenza]

Did that come off of Amy Winehouse?

[Aliska]

You’d think they’d get the bends. Plus putting them in a dark tank with little pressure, wonder how that would affect them. Evidently so far, so good, but that would indicate incredibly rapid adaptation.

[AirForceMom]

Looks like Rahm wearing a helmet.

[Uncle Miltie]

"Each was individually wrapped in wet hessian"

There's a German call-girl joke in there somewhere.

[Popman]

I'd love to put that sucker in my MIL bathtub just before she takes a bath

Heh heh

[AndrewC]

I wonder if they taste like lobster.

[Cvengr]

Family get-together for the holidays.

[WhatNot]

They are doing a very good clean-up job

Perhaps we can recruit a few to clean up our cesspool, Washington D.C

[manic4organic]

Just add garlic butter and lemon. Mmmmm....sea lice.

[Kirkwood]

I’ll eat one. It probably tastes pretty good.

[djf]

Feed on the carcasses of dead fish...

Am I the only one who thinks having some dead, stinkin fish around might be a better deal???

Dayum!! Them are some nasty arthropods (or whatever they are!!!)

[ScreamingFist]

Lobster with no claw, excellent!

[Red_Devil 232]

They must have gotten the word that the Brits will bend over backwards to make the lice of the world feel right at home by trashing British laws and traditions to accommodate lice.

[the invisib1e hand]

pissa. that’s all we need.

[353FMG]

Can it be steamed and served with drawn butter?