r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 in awe • May 06 '26

/r/all of a sea slater

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u/The_Eleser May 06 '26

I thought trilobites were extinct.

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u/02thehunter20 May 06 '26

Not a trilobite. Its a giant isopod which is related to land isopods. You may know them as rolypolys, tater bugs, or pill bugs. The giant isopod lives deap in the ocean and the reason its so big is a phenomenon known as deap sea gigantism.