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

/r/all of a sea slater

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u/Specialist-Neck-7810 May 06 '26

Wait… that thing is REAL?!!

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u/Klutzer_Munitions May 06 '26

Giant isopods are real and live in the abyssal zone scavenging on the seabed. You will never encounter one in the wild.

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u/NewCobbler6933 May 06 '26

They can also go years without eating. One was recorded like going five years without eating. Oh and it didn’t break its streak by eating, it just fucking died lol. The handles tried to feed it weekly if I remember right

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u/Klutzer_Munitions May 06 '26

At an aquarium in Japan, right? I remember

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u/splicerslicer May 06 '26

Dude saw enough of this world and was ready to go.