Giant isopod not eating

Giant isopod not eating

TOBA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 2, 2014, at Toba Aquarium in Toba, Mie Prefecture, shows a giant isopod, a creature often called a "scavenger of the deep." The crustacean from Mexico, measuring about 29 centimeters and weighing about 1 kilogram, was near bait (L), but did not eat. According to the aquarium, it has not eating anything since it ate fish in January 2009.

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