Oh my ****ing God

[captcalhoun]

*reaches for shotgun*

 

[Franklin]

They're related to shrimp and crabs so I would assume they taste similarly.

They taste like chicken.

 

[Robert D. Robot]

I was able to check out one of these guys up close and personal in my invertebrate zoology class lab. VERY COOL!!!

 

[Gryffindorian]

Actually, that's kind of cute. It reminds me of this big-ass horseshoe crab I saw one time.

Sorry, it was a coconut crab, not horseshoe crab

http://uptill1.com/2009/01/22/alien-crabs/

 

[RJDiogenes]

iSopod? What's this, more crap from Apple?

 

[JarodRussell]

Actually, that's kind of cute. It reminds me of this big-ass horseshoe crab I saw one time.

Sorry, it was a coconut crab, not horseshoe crab

http://uptill1.com/2009/01/22/alien-crabs/

Coconut crab because they can crack a coconut with their tongs, I assume?

 

[Captain Ice]

It's a Reaper! The invasion has begun! Quick, evacuate London!

Living there part time myself, London would be much improved by a small army of insectoid monsters.

Doesn't it get almost wiped off the map by aliens every Christmas though?

 

[M'Sharak]

Actually, that's kind of cute. It reminds me of this big-ass horseshoe crab I saw one time.

Sorry, it was a coconut crab, not horseshoe crab

http://uptill1.com/2009/01/22/alien-crabs/

Coconut crab because they can crack a coconut with their tongs, I assume?

No, because European travelers in the 17th and 18th centuries brought back stories from the Southeast Pacific and Indian oceans about these large crabs climbing palm trees to dislodge coconuts, which they would then husk. The truth is that the critters have never actually been observed doing such a thing--the locals were just having the tourists on, perhaps--but the name stuck.

 

[JarodRussell]

Sorry, it was a coconut crab, not horseshoe crab

http://uptill1.com/2009/01/22/alien-crabs/

Coconut crab because they can crack a coconut with their tongs, I assume?

No, because European travelers in the 17th and 18th centuries brought back stories from the Southeast Pacific and Indian oceans about these large crabs climbing palm trees to dislodge coconuts, which they would then husk. The truth is that the critters have never actually been observed doing such a thing--the locals were just having the tourists on, perhaps--but the name stuck.

Or no observer survived to report such a thing.

 

[Gryffindorian]

^^ Thanks for the info, M'Sharak. I was ready to believe those things had superstrong pincers.

 

[Gojira]

I for one welcome our iSopod overlords.

 

[Marie1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_isopod

I am a little bit scared right now.

Imagine finding that in your basement.

Awesome! I want one for a pet!!!!