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How The Ocean Works on Instagram: "Deep beneath the ocean’s surface lives one of nature’s most unsettling scavengers — the giant isopod. Related to pill bugs on land, these armored crustaceans can grow over a foot long and survive in the freezing, high-pressure darkness of the deep sea. They feed on anything that drifts to the ocean floor — from whale carcasses to fish remains — using powerful mandibles to tear through flesh. But their appetite doesn’t stop there. In rare cases, isopods have bee