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RockaFowler

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Fri Sep 5, 2014, 10:28 AM Sep 2014

Fisherman Pulls Monstrous Nightmare Shrimp Out Of Ocean [View all]

Yeah - I'm scared. This was caught off the Ft Pierce inlet, where I fish all the time. I'm freaking out.

http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/fisherman-pulls-monstrous-nightmare-shrimp-out-of-ocean-1630965735/+Tom_Ley



Try to see how long you can stare at this gigantic monster shrimp before becoming wildly uncomfortable and convinced that something totally just crawled across the back of your neck. What if I told you that its eyes are on stalks and can move independently from each other?

This foul beast was plucked from the depths by a fisherman named Steve Bargeron, who then sent pictures to the The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The Commission posted the photos on its Facebook page, which is how we got here, with you sobbing under your desk.


Oh yeah and this was caught about 2 miles from the Nuclear Power Plant. Just sayin'!

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Eeeek shenmue Sep 2014 #1
Are we back to the idea that radiation makes things grow big with no other adverse effects? FSogol Sep 2014 #2
In movies you don't eat radioactive shrimp... VScott Sep 2014 #20
! beam me up scottie Sep 2014 #38
That's a mantish shrimp? RedCappedBandit Sep 2014 #3
You'd need a gallon of cocktail sauce sharp_stick Sep 2014 #4
My thoughts exactly-- We're gonna need a bigger boat...of cocktail sauce! hlthe2b Sep 2014 #6
or butter GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #7
My husband would see that get the red out Sep 2014 #37
This picture is so scary RockaFowler Sep 2014 #5
Ft. Pierce Inlet is known for Bull Sharks. NCTraveler Sep 2014 #31
Wikipedia link on mantis shrimp. Downwinder Sep 2014 #8
What's next? hifiguy Sep 2014 #9
Damn, you beat me to it packman Sep 2014 #13
Oh hell no! JaneyVee Sep 2014 #10
We're going to need a bigger boat. aikoaiko Sep 2014 #11
Now that's a jumbo shrimp! Orrex Sep 2014 #12
I think this shrimp is smaller than the picture makes it look edhopper Sep 2014 #14
The picture is the right perspective RockaFowler Sep 2014 #15
That's the upper limit to edhopper Sep 2014 #21
Normally we seem them in the 4-5 inch range. alarimer Sep 2014 #26
On Wikipedia edhopper Sep 2014 #28
This is what's scary packman Sep 2014 #16
So, how much butter and garlic would we need to make scampi? Arkansas Granny Sep 2014 #17
The only link you'll ever need to learn all the awesome that is the Mantis Shrimp. Glassunion Sep 2014 #18
Very cool! hifiguy Sep 2014 #24
Thanks for that. surrealAmerican Sep 2014 #25
Damn! Mantis shrimp can hurt you with their claws! backscatter712 Sep 2014 #19
Mmmmm... Tempura. Xyzse Sep 2014 #22
That's nothin'. randome Sep 2014 #23
The old ones have awoken Arcanetrance Sep 2014 #27
He may look like a watery wimp... NuclearDem Sep 2014 #29
It is some type of Mantis. NCTraveler Sep 2014 #30
This thread has made me hungry (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #32
Also want to give the fisherperson props. NCTraveler Sep 2014 #33
Yep. Eat it or toss it back. Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #35
If it ain't been found, it be found in Florida. Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #34
That freaks me out a bit Marrah_G Sep 2014 #36
Looks like lunch to me. MineralMan Sep 2014 #39
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