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quaker bill

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21. They appear very similar to a pill bug
Thu Feb 2, 2012, 09:36 PM
Feb 2012

When I was a grad student in bio the marine scientists caught a few in the Gulf of Mexico with a very deep water dredge. They iced them down and brought them back to campus. They put them in the freezer for later study and description. They did not freeze right away, but instead started wandering around the freezer and eating other specimens. They are very tough critters capable of living in very cold water at very high pressures with extremely little oxygen.

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Now THAT is a jumbo shrimp!!! JoePhilly Feb 2012 #1
Mmmmmmmmmmm jumbo shrimp..... Champion Jack Feb 2012 #2
KNR...fascinating... joeybee12 Feb 2012 #3
My thoughts exactly. redqueen Feb 2012 #10
Zoidberg's ancestor? Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #4
LOL hifiguy Feb 2012 #11
I've thought for awhile now Futurama Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #15
Yikes. A footlong shrimp! Rex Feb 2012 #5
Four of those on the grill, yummy snooper2 Feb 2012 #6
Giant amphipods - food for ... giant isopods! muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #7
That species is believed to be 160 million years old Yo_Mama Feb 2012 #14
now that does G_j Feb 2012 #22
it's like a proto-lobster eShirl Feb 2012 #17
They appear very similar to a pill bug quaker bill Feb 2012 #21
I, for one, welcome our new giant shrimp overlords n/t DotGone Feb 2012 #8
Fascinating, captain. hifiguy Feb 2012 #9
"Foot long cockroach"...shudder shudder dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #12
A bad, bad comparison. GoCubsGo Feb 2012 #19
I know I am bucking the current, so to speak. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #20
Amphipod= giant albino aquatic roach. leeroysphitz Feb 2012 #13
it's like "world's tallest midget" eShirl Feb 2012 #16
Throw another shrimp on the barbie. (photo) trof Feb 2012 #18
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