The aquarium is hoping the exhibit, which features interactive elements such as plastic models and an ice-cold pipe that lets visitors feel the water temperature, will appeal to kids. Eighteen inches long with giant white claws and red, beady eyes, the crabs will eat fish and each other, Hovland said. And if they wind up on the other end of the food chain, they're delicious boiled and dipped in butter. But if you ever get the chance to snack on isopods, skip it. With a face that looks like a B-movie alien, complete with pale, stringy antennae, the isopods will be one of those creatures people press their faces to the glass to get a better look at.
Officials boast that few other fish tanks display animals that live so far below the surface.
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