“Oh hello, dearie. Would you like some tea? I made it fresh just for you.”
We’ve seen before that creepy-yet-undeniably-cool-looking giant isopods make for great iPhone cases and bento lunch sausages, but now it seems that a new use has been found for the little buggers: tea infuser.
▼ “A giant isopod tea infuser. Bought it at the museum the other day. Tea kept gushing out of the bottom holes, making it grosser than I expected.”
ダイオウグソクムシの茶こし。先日、博物館で購入。どうやっても、下の二つの穴から何かがとめどなく湧き出してきて想像以上にキモい。 pic.twitter.com/5aG3bYIOTK
— 魔女っこれい (@majyokkorei) June 13, 2016
Just in case it’s not immediately apparent what’s going on, the giant isopod is a plastic container for loose leaf tea, letting you steep your hot water in style.
These guys are for sale at the Numazu Deepblue Aquarium in Shizuoka Prefecture and have been pretty popular online – even, sometimes, a little too popular.
▼ D’aww, look at its cute l’il hands!
ダイオウグソクムシの茶漉しが登場。大ヒットの予感… pic.twitter.com/ulHsNEJoak
— 沼津港深海水族館 (@NumazuDeepsea) April 29, 2016
▼ And its… uh… big alien eyes. Oh! Is that a smile I see?
脱皮は後ろ側が脱げてから、前側(頭側)を脱ぐのだ❗茶っ葉は後ろ側にね🎵 pic.twitter.com/9AmRQ8Tnnz
— 沼津港深海水族館 (@NumazuDeepsea) May 8, 2016
▼ Looks like they’re all sold out. There’s just something so alluring about having your tea made by a giant bug.
話題のダイオウグソクムシの茶漉しが完売しました❗ pic.twitter.com/BzvJdYalS7
— 沼津港深海水族館 (@NumazuDeepsea) May 4, 2016
Would you be less inclined to drink isopod-infused tea? Or, perhaps, more inclined? Either way, now that we’re able to have drinks made by isopods, we’ve finally achieved the ability to have a 100-percent full isopod meal, for those who are into that kind of thing.
Source: Twitter/@majyokkorei via togech
Featured/top image: Twitter/@majyokkorei
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