This Strange Sea Creature Can Survive Five Years Without Food – Scientists Finally Know Why

Supergiant deep-sea isopods endure years without food by pairing an enlarged stomach with cold-adapted metabolic control. Going without food for a day is difficult. Going without food for five years seems impossible. Yet the supergiant bathynomid, a giant deep-sea isopod that can grow larger than a football, routinely survives for years between meals in one [...]

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