GIANT ISOPODS!

By Dr. M, on February 19th, 2007 3 comments   Giant Isopod, Reviews

Via Akeakamai, I found this gem of a video from JAMSTEC’s Shinkai 6500. The video shows several typical scavenging organisms, crabs, eels, and GIANT ISOPODS (Bathynomus giganteus), feeding on what appears to be a sizeable fish (maybe tuna). For scale the isopods are about 9-12 inches in length and yes they are the world’s largest isopod. The video is originally from the “Planet Earth” series.

3 comments to GIANT ISOPODS!

• Peter Etnoyer

  February 19, 2007 at 11:56 · Reply

  The hi-speed frame rate is fantastic. For a moment, it looked like the giant isopods piled-on to form a phalanx (or tower) that excludes competitors. Did anyone else get that?

  The ending shots of crabs are very creepy.

• Yubi

  December 19, 2007 at 10:16 · Reply

  Somehow the link has changed:
  the original in Japanese
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKnvNe5qZUk
  an English version under
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeOSXtBCY30

• kevin z

  May 1, 2008 at 05:16 · Reply

  Video is fixed.