Isopods eat soil crust. Uploaded on 8/5/2024 (photo credit: Moshe Zaguri) Isopods (Hemilepistus reaumuri) are strange little creatures that look like lice or cockroaches – and aren’t bugs at ...

image: Isopods eat soil crust. view more . Credit: Moshe Zaguri. New research on desert isopods' dietary preferences is the revelation of the complex factors influencing their food choices.

One giant isopod in Japan went for five years without eating a single bite before dying in 2014. That same year, Auten told Mental Floss that she attempted to feed her giant isopods every day, a ...

Whidbey woman says isopods make great pets. #k5evening. ... She bought them to serve as a cleaning crew for her pet reptiles - isopods eat decaying material. Soon, ...

This could mean waiting for years. Their metabolism is incredibly slow - a giant isopod kept in captivity in Japan reportedly survived for five years without eating. Survival in the deep sea. Giant ...

These sea bugs are actually isopods known as Bathynomus yucatanensis. ... The most notable thing about them is that they can eat an entire alligator corpse in just 51 days.