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[[File:21701757 them lg.jpg|link=Them!|frame| Bad day for a picnic.]]
 
{{quote|''On [[Starship Troopers (novel)|Klendathu]], [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|bug squashes you]]!''}}
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[[Truth in Television]] back in the Carboniferus Period, but only possible due to higher oxygen levels at the time. In modern times, such creatures violate the [[Square-Cube Law]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]'' has several of these, most notably the building-sized woodlice known as the Ohmu. While they can be unbelievably dangerous when provoked, they're usually quite docile & even kindly, with the Ohmu being portrayed as extremely wise, [[Gentle Giant]]s, akin to terrestrial whales.