Mysid shrimp on doctors, surgeons and tangs

[Scuba_Jenny]

ScubaRon once bubbled...


Actually many isopods are blood suckers and some types will kill a fish in hours!
And some of them grow quite large too: giant isopod !

The good part is that these large ones only live a few thousand feet deep.
ScubaRon

That is really gross!

 

[alaity47]

Saw one of those monster isopods on "Science of the Deep" (Science Channel) - totally grossed me out! I have a deathly fear of insects on land, and my husband always teases me about how I don't seem to be bothered by insect-like ocean critters (lobsters, shrimp, etc). To me, they're nothing like bugs.

But THAT thing... yuck. Just makes me think of a gigantic cockroach. I think I'd completely lose it if I even bumped into a smallish one underwater!

(Please tell me that giant one in the photo was also from the super-deep, ie, NON-DIVEABLE, part of the ocean!)

 

[MikeJacobs]

Wow, that's why you don't see many old, lazy or injured sea creatures... you just can't let your guard down when just about everything you bump into would take a bite given the opportunity.

Kinda like commercial real estate lol...