Warning: If you’re planning on sleeping for the next two weeks, I’d leave this article right now.
2020 has already been the stuff of nightmares; a deadly pandemic, lockdowns, humanitarian crises, and bubble tea closures.
Yet with every passing month, things seem to get worse.
A few months ago, mother nature introduced the ‘Murder Hornet‘ to Americans, a terrifying creature that causes up to 50 deaths a year in Japan.
Now, she has something much, much worse for us.
If you were to conduct a survey on people’s greatest fears, 99% of the participants would say cockroaches.
In fact, British pollster YouGov conducted such a survey in Singapore last year and found that Singaporeans fear cockroaches more than death.
It’s not surprising, is it? I mean, what could be more frightening than a cockroach?
Mother Nature: A giant, dog-sized cockroach.
Ah, of course.
‘Never-Seen-Before’ Dog-Sized Large Cockroach Found by S’pore Researchers in Indonesian Waters
In 2018, a group of 31 researchers and support staff went for a 14-day expedition to survey the unexplored deep seas off the southern coast of West Java, Indonesia.
The team was led by the Head of Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum of the National University of Singapore, Peter Ng.
It included researchers from the museum, the NUS Tropical Marine Science Institute, and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI).
There, they made several interesting discoveries.
The team uncovered 800 species from over 200 families of sponges, jellyfish, molluscs, starfish, urchins, worms, crabs, prawns, and fish, and found more than 12 new species.
Now, two years later, the team has confirmed that another of the creatures they found is a new species as well.
As you can see, the creature looks like the offspring of a lobster, alien, and cockroach who found a way to mate and reproduce.
You probably threw your phone out the window instinctively upon seeing the image, but don’t worry, there won’t be any more grotesque pictures of this-
Ok, now there won’t be any more pictures.
According to Mothership, these alien-like cockroach critters are giant isopods who have been given the name Bathynomus raksasa.
Isopods, The Cockroaches of the Sea
Isopods are crustaceans like crabs and prawns. They are often referred to as the ‘cockroach of the sea’ because of their resemblance to common cockroaches.
Most isopods are small, but there are big ones like the one above too.
Giant isopods are abundant in the deep waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, and can grow up to an average size of 33 cm.
Supergiants, like this one in Indonesia, can grow up to 50cm.
I’d show you another picture but I don’t want to creep you ou-
I just can’t help myself.
In total, there are now 20 species of giant isopods. They live in the deep sea, which is one of the reasons they evaded discovery for so long.
This means that there could be a whale-sized cockroach living in the ocean depths, just waiting to creep everyone out after it’s discovered.
That’s a comforting thought to have, isn’t it?
Now that you know about the hidden truth of the seas, here’s how you can make your WiFi routers at home so fast you can discover all 20 species within a single day (if they’re online):
If you watch at least 10 minutes of brain rot content daily, you must know this:
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