This a photo I took in the 'bio shack' of the "Dominator" on a research cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. The photo was in response to a conflict with the kitchen crew about us storing our beasts in the galley freezer. One guy said "You aren't bringing those giant cockroaches in here". This photo was staged to 'freak them out'. Sadly, no one outside of our bio group found it humorous.
(for taxonomy-minded folks these are
Bathynomus giganteus, the worlds largest known isopod, the order that includes sowbugs and roly-polies and were collected from 6,500 feet in the Gulf of Mexico. The largest in the photo is 35 cm, 14 inches long!)
Doctor Bashir: "Of all the stories you told me, which were true and which weren't?"
Elim Garak: "My dear Doctor, they're all true"
Doctor Bashir: "Even the lies?"
Elim Garak: "Especially the lies"