UM-Bot Posted February 17, 2014 #1 Share Posted February 17, 2014 The huge deep sea crustacean was kept at a Japanese aquarium and hadn't eaten for 1,869 days. The peculiar creature sprung to fame after footage of it appeared online and the story of its sudden refusal to eat went viral. One of nine giant isopods kept at Japan\'s Toba Aquarium, the last thing it was thought to have eaten was some fish back on January 2nd 2009. Read More: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/262511/giant-isopod-dies-after-5-year-hunger-strike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis914 Posted February 17, 2014 #2 Share Posted February 17, 2014 That's sad... Isopods are super cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davros of Skaro Posted February 17, 2014 #3 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Maybe it was homesick? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted February 17, 2014 #4 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Bloody hell, introduce it to the modern world and it gets self conscious and become anorexic... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harte Posted February 17, 2014 #5 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Those b*******! Why couldn't they give in to his demands and thus end his hunger strike? All he wanted was a little time outside the glass box. You know, have some fries, maybe take in a movie or something once a month. But noooo! They let him die. Harte 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted February 17, 2014 #6 Share Posted February 17, 2014 It's sad that we were unable to feed it. You'd think within that five years they'd manage to find out how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_dreamer Posted February 17, 2014 #7 Share Posted February 17, 2014 They should have released him back into the wild. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineffectiveArtist Posted February 17, 2014 #8 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Why stop eating? Perhaps it knew its time grew near... ;-; 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted February 17, 2014 #9 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Sorrry, but NO creature can survive 5-years without food. The article is misleading. If I remember correctly, that isopod, though not wanting it's native food source, the tank water was infused with nutrients specific to that isopod, which only worked for 5-years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxcx Posted February 17, 2014 #10 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I wonder if releasing it was ever an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resh Posted February 17, 2014 #11 Share Posted February 17, 2014 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beelzebufo Posted February 18, 2014 #12 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Sorrry, but NO creature can survive 5-years without food. Actually, some animals can live for far longer than 5 years without food if they enter a dormant state. Tardigrades, for example, can perform "cryptobiosis", where they dry themselves out and can last for decades, if not centuries, without food or water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted February 18, 2014 #13 Share Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) Actually, some animals can live for far longer than 5 years without food if they enter a dormant state. Tardigrades, for example, can perform "cryptobiosis", where they dry themselves out and can last for decades, if not centuries, without food or water. You're right, my bad. I should have said no active creature. Again, though, as I recall from reading somewhere a while ago, that specific isopod would no longer eat it's native food source, whatever that is, so they infused the tank water with nutrients, which kept it alive for 5 more years. Wish I had the link. Sorry. Edited February 18, 2014 by pallidin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beelzebufo Posted February 18, 2014 #14 Share Posted February 18, 2014 You're right, my bad. I should have said no active creature. Again, though, as I recall from reading somewhere a while ago, that specific isopod would no longer eat it's native food source, whatever that is, so they infused the tank water with nutrients, which kept it alive for 5-years. Wish I had the link. Sorry. Yeah I wasn't saying you were wrong about the isopod, I just got the sudden urge to be a smart***. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted February 18, 2014 #15 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I hear you. I do that myself from time-to-time; for myself especially after a beer or 2 Still, you gave good info, thanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabby Kitten Posted February 18, 2014 #16 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Poor thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolguy Posted February 18, 2014 #17 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Rip.thats cool looking they should have put it back in the ocean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllJay Posted February 18, 2014 #18 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Horrible creature, looks like it's taken out of a horror movie. I can't help feel itchy and scratch myself all over when I see it. But it's to bad that he died though. Could be many different things that held him from eating. He might not function that well when he is out of the water pressure he is used to at the bottom, or the light he gets. Down there it's pitch dark, and it might have screwed with his senses or something, who knows. Here is a face only a mother could love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJNYC Posted February 18, 2014 #19 Share Posted February 18, 2014 they should have released it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted February 18, 2014 #20 Share Posted February 18, 2014 They should eat it, only seems right. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beelzebufo Posted February 19, 2014 #21 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I wonder how it would taste. Maybe like a really big shrimp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xynoplas Posted February 19, 2014 #22 Share Posted February 19, 2014 In other news, the cafeteria has a new menu item. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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