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A comic I made last December! 

Rekindle, Part 1 / 2

Munnopsid isopods are often found walking along the abyssal plain.

These “Daddy Long Legs” of the deep have long walking legs and antennae making them well-suited for this habitat, but they can also swim by paddling their legs.

This species, Paropsurus giganteus, can get quite large. Lasers mounted on the ROV’s camera housing (the red dots you see) measure 29 centimeters (11.4 inches). This species lives deep on the seafloor, over 3,000 meters, but there are other species of munnopsids that live in the water column with feathery legs that are well adapted for pelagic life.

Munnopsids are a type of crustacean, in a totally different class than the sea spiders (Pycnogonids) with which you may be more familiar. Learn about this and other munnopsid isopods at our Deep-Sea Guide: http://ow.ly/n1OT30gJEMh

Lavender Burrowing Crayfish, Fallicambarus byersi, SE United States

Possible Game-Changer: ESPN Has Been Cryptically Advertising An Event It’s Calling ‘Horse Eruption’ All Week

Okay ESPN addicts, get ready for what might just be the sports event to end all sports, because the network’s upcoming special broadcast might be poised to shake up the entire world of professional athletics: ESPN has been cryptically advertising an event it’s calling “Horse Eruption” all week.

If you consider yourself a sports fan, you probably won’t want to miss whatever Horse Eruption is!

Throughout the past week, ESPN has been aggressively promoting the mysterious event during commercial breaks on all of its channels and on enormous billboards across the country, only offering scant hints as to what viewers can expect when they tune in or what exact role horses will be playing in said Horse Eruption. According to the ads, which are filmed in night vision and set to droning didgeridoo music, the event will be broadcast live from “an as yet-to-be-determined quarry and also Hawaii” at 3:24 a.m. on Tuesday.