[dane-pgp]

> The new giant isopod species was described from two specimens, ... 950 and 1,260 metres, during the South Java Deep Sea Biodiversity Expedition 2018

If you skim-read the article, you might end up with a very different picture in your head.

[_jal]

They're still pretty big, but not destroying Tokyo anytime soon.

[progval]

You missed an important part of the sentence:

> collected off the southern coast of West Java in Indonesia, from a depth of between 950 and 1,260 metres

the specimens were not 1km long.

[dane-pgp]

You missed an important part of the sentence:

> skim-read

I then went back to read the sentence properly, but thank you for including the missing part for those who didn't read the article.

[progval]

Indeed, my bad. I misunderstood your comment as saying skim-readers might miss that sentence and only see the sizes on pictures.