This new species of sea cockroach found in the Indian Ocean will blow your mind with the way it looks, first and secondly, it will make you wonder how exactly is it a cockroach! A crab, a terminator, it can legit be anything but a cockroach, but apparently it is one. Well, to me it looks like an alien LOL but this monstrous-looking creature is taking Twitter by storm having netizens come up with funny memes and jokes! Discovered by researchers from Singapore in a deep-sea survey near the coast of Banten in Western Java, this 14-legged creature was first spotted in 2018 and has now been named "Bathynomus raksasa"! You'll have to check out its pictures and videos to believe us because it does look borderline bizarre. People on Twitter cannot help wondering if the end is near. For real because with the way 2020 has treated us so far and now this gruesome-looking cockroach shows up, anything is possible!

Identified as a 'giant isopod' people cannot wrap their heads around this new creature that has blown social media. It was spotted by the survey team led by Peter Ng. He and his colleagues who explored the area near the coast of Banten for two weeks, covering 63 areas.  It was a collaboration between the National University of Singapore and the Indian Institute of Sciences and other marine animals were collected like jelly-fish, crabs, urchins, worms, fish, starfish etc. rounding to about 800 different species. About 12 species were unidentified and unrecorded in scientific history.

Watch Video Of The 14-Legged New Sea Cockroach:

Check out some of the Twitter reactions:

LOL

WOW

Looks Like Darth Vader

While the giant cockroach has taken over social media, we would really love to know more about this mysterious creature. According to reports, it scavenges on the remains of dead marine life that is found right in the bottom. Similar to land cockroaches these can go on for long without any food.

 

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