Giant insects in the Gulf of Mexico

Recently, there was an image of a strange 1 meter-long insect in the water, living underwater by oil drilling workers in the Gulf of Mexico. At first, the researchers thought that the recent story, evolutionary biologists at the University of North Carolina, said that it could be true.

Craig McKline, a researcher at the Center, said that it was a giant waterlouse , living in burrows in deep water. He said: ' It is possible to catch this insect under the rugged bottoms of the Gulf of Mexico, because at this site, similar specimens were found'.

Image of giant insect in the Gulf of Mexico.

Such creatures belong to the monogamous class (isopod) , live very deep in the sea and when they reach their full range, their length can be up to 2-3 meters.

Researcher Vasilii Kernozenco, University of Simferopol (Ukraine) said, there are about 10 types of insects belonging to this class.'They live at depths of about 500 meters below the surface of the sea, eating corpses of fish and mollusks, after being sunk to the bottom of the sea. New species of this class of insects are still discovered every year. They also live on land and are most familiar with water lice. In the sea, they almost don't float to the surface. '

'Therefore, fishermen rarely meet. Sometimes they also get caught in lobster nets because fishermen hit lobsters on the fishing floor , 'Kernozenco said.