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Related: About this forumGiant undersea bug in Toba Aquarium poops for first time in two years
A momentous event took place in Toba Aquarium on 26 May, when the keeper of the facilitys five giant isopods discovered fecal matter in their tank. This would be the first time since April of 2018 that even a trace of poop had been found.
Giant isopods are relatives of those bugs kids around the world play with by poking with a stick so that they curl up into a ball. Pill-bug, potato-bug, roly-poly, or doodle bug are among these things many common names, and a fun fact about them is that they are among the very few crustaceans that live on land.
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This time it resulted in a much happier ending for the five isopods which were introduced to the facility in Toba City, Mie Prefecture, in 2013. Moreover, the feces was found to contain scales of a fish not served by the aquarium.
This means that the food which went into making this poop must have been consumed over seven years ago, before they came to the aquarium. While it isnt clear exactly which isopod dropped the deuce, the finding is a breakthrough in the field of giant isopod regularity, and will hopefully trigger more detailed research into the subject.
https://soranews24.com/2020/05/29/giant-undersea-bug-in-toba-aquarium-poops-for-first-time-in-two-years/
Giant isopods are relatives of those bugs kids around the world play with by poking with a stick so that they curl up into a ball. Pill-bug, potato-bug, roly-poly, or doodle bug are among these things many common names, and a fun fact about them is that they are among the very few crustaceans that live on land.
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This time it resulted in a much happier ending for the five isopods which were introduced to the facility in Toba City, Mie Prefecture, in 2013. Moreover, the feces was found to contain scales of a fish not served by the aquarium.
This means that the food which went into making this poop must have been consumed over seven years ago, before they came to the aquarium. While it isnt clear exactly which isopod dropped the deuce, the finding is a breakthrough in the field of giant isopod regularity, and will hopefully trigger more detailed research into the subject.
https://soranews24.com/2020/05/29/giant-undersea-bug-in-toba-aquarium-poops-for-first-time-in-two-years/
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Giant undersea bug in Toba Aquarium poops for first time in two years (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
May 2020
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A Seismic Recorder at the State University recorded the sigh of relief at 2.8 on the Richter scale.
marble falls
May 2020
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Budi
(15,325 posts)1. I'll take this as a sign from al the mysteries of nature & the universe that..
..that the Trump regime will fall.
Yiipppee!
Faux pas
(15,470 posts)2. Whoa
and shiver at the ookieness
muriel_volestrangler
(102,744 posts)4. Giant isopods are so cool, they have built-in shades
Karadeniz
(23,626 posts)11. That thing looks like a giant dust mite...ugh!
Red Mountain
(1,950 posts)3. One of the lesser known signs of the apocalypse
marble falls
(62,657 posts)5. A Seismic Recorder at the State University recorded the sigh of relief at 2.8 on the Richter scale.
DemoTex
(25,764 posts)6. The Costive Crustacean
Costive, but not crapulent.
LastDemocratInSC
(3,885 posts)7. I bet he's been in a foul mood for a year and a half.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)9. What a moving story.
I am relieved to hear he went well.
On the darker side, I recently saw some undersea footage that seems to show one of these guys snapping up a huge shark in the blink of an eye. Not quite as cute and cuddly as his land-dwelling cousins!
dhill926
(16,953 posts)8. laughed my ass off at the last paragraph...
LudwigPastorius
(11,259 posts)10. Didn't I see some of those things in the Cloverfield movie?
MFM008
(20,016 posts)12. I thought
That was a giant fish grasshopper...
Stuart G
(38,726 posts)13. A great post about poop...K and R..thank you...