Just imagine a world where familiar minibeasts were not so small; where you could really appreciate their marvellous micromechanics and delicious details without needing a magnifying lens.
You might think that a woodlouse the size of a cat is in the realm of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids science fiction, but it does in fact exist – not under a flowerpot in your garden, but in the cold reaches of the world’s oceans.
The giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) isn’t exactly a woodlouse, but there are many parallels. They both have a hard exoskeleton, 14 walking legs, and gills, and share a similar lifestyle, which is mostly a relatively sedate and simple affair.
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