Comments on: Deep Sea Japanese Bottom Feeders - Time Lapse Supreme! http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/ This is what TV is like. In Japan. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:48:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Green http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-32915 Green Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:42:12 +0000 http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-32915 Hi Sam! Photos i send on e-mail. Green Hi Sam! Photos i send on e-mail.
Green

]]> By: ttancm http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-18459 ttancm Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:02:10 +0000 http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-18459 The "lice thing" is ダイオウグソクムシ, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathynomus_giganteus" rel="nofollow">Bathynomus giganteus</a>. It is not the tongue eating thing, which is a different isopod from a different Family (and suborder), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua" rel="nofollow">cymothoa exigua</a>. I actually just finished a translation job about these things, they have been on the news and variety shows in Japan quite a bit lately. The “lice thing” is ダイオウグソクムシ, or Bathynomus giganteus. It is not the tongue eating thing, which is a different isopod from a different Family (and suborder), cymothoa exigua.

I actually just finished a translation job about these things, they have been on the news and variety shows in Japan quite a bit lately.

]]> By: Blue Eagle http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-18416 Blue Eagle Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:13:50 +0000 http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-18416 Flip it over and attack it's weak spot for massive damage. Flip it over and attack it’s weak spot for massive damage.

]]> By: garrett http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-18259 garrett Sun, 18 Feb 2007 05:58:36 +0000 http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-18259 that 'lice' thing looks like a gigantic sow bug...and apparently is closely related to them: http://insected.arizona.edu/isoinfo.htm http://images.google.com/images?q=sow bug&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&sa=N&tab=wi Sow bugs are normally about a centimeter long and live under rotting pieces of wood...not quite like the monster in the video... that ‘lice’ thing looks like a gigantic sow bug…and apparently is closely related to them: http://insected.arizona.edu/isoinfo.htm

http://images.google.com/images?q=sow bug&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&sa=N&tab=wi

Sow bugs are normally about a centimeter long and live under rotting pieces of wood…not quite like the monster in the video…

]]> By: Jimmy http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-18242 Jimmy Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:41:14 +0000 http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-18242 Friggin tongue eaters... FRICK!!! Friggin tongue eaters… FRICK!!!

]]> By: Fergus K http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-18191 Fergus K Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:22:54 +0000 http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-18191 Those "lice" things are actually called isopods, also known as "tongue eaters." How creepy is that? They actually climb inside the mouths of fish, eat away the tongue, and then live in the mouth of the now-tongueless fish until the victim dies. Those “lice” things are actually called isopods, also known as “tongue eaters.” How creepy is that? They actually climb inside the mouths of fish, eat away the tongue, and then live in the mouth of the now-tongueless fish until the victim dies.

]]> By: Hakuin96 http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-17931 Hakuin96 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:54:32 +0000 http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-17931 yeah, the footage is from BBC's "planet earth' tv series.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/planetearth/prog_summary.shtml#11 yeah, the footage is from BBC’s “planet earth’ tv series..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/planetearth/prog_summary.shtml#11

]]> By: robbie b. http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-17840 robbie b. Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:00:04 +0000 http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/02/17/deep-sea-japanese-bottom-feeders-time-lapse-supreme/#comment-17840 BIG ASS CRAB! BIG ASS CRAB!!! COOL! BIG ASS CRAB! BIG ASS CRAB!!! COOL!

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