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Supergiant crustaceans could live across half the deep-sea floor (www.newscientist.com)

submitted 2 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/deepsea@mander.xyz

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

The world's largest known amphipod. With so little of the oceans explored, there could be anything down there.

[–] kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

🦐

[–] omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Do they taste good with butter?

[–] DreamAccountant@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If these are everywhere on the seafloor, what do they taste like? Can they be caught at that depth, and without huge environmental damage from bottom scraping or such...

Big lobster? More like shrimp? Just eat the tail?

[–] trungulox@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

When encountering the unknown, no matter how rational a person is, there is a primal set of three questions written somewhere deep into our genetic code that compels us to ask: can I eat it? Can I fuck it? Can I kill it?