Giant Deep Sea Isopods videos in nature lab, predation by squid, capture via traps
This video is part of a research collaboration between members of Carleton University and the Cape Eleuthera Institute (Bahamas). The project on personality, behavioural syndromes and metabolism is published in the Journal DeepSea Research Part 1 and can be accessed here: The MEDUSA video footage (at depth) is being used with the generous permission of CEI, Dr. Edd Brooks (Head of Shark Research Conservation) and Mackellar Violich. The first part of the video shows how traps for Bathynomus are retrieved from 6001200m, the second shows an upclose view of Bathynomus at the surface in cooling tanks. Lastly, the third shows how remarkably agile these animals can be in their element (and a because I knew you d like it). The animals are crustaceans, and a giant form of the sow or pill bugs often seen in terrestrial gardens. For more information about the MEDUSA or CEI research see their home page This video is not to be copied
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