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[moxxy]

It just occured to me that if something has a million names it's probably a highly effective and widely distributed organism

[SayoriReal]

Rolly Polly's biggest predator is curious small human children

[meganb]

They are so cool because their gills are kept constantly wet within their bodies, meaning that the land isopods are their own little space suits.

[escher]

My daughter and nephew both have tanks of isopods. They're quite cute and come in numerous colors and prints...and a few different sizes. They work well in tanks with snails. They don't need much. Some dirt, moss, food (veggies and fruit work if you don't have their food) and spray their tank with mist every few days to keep it moist (for them to breathe). My daughter likes to crunch up leaves, set large pieces of tree bark and shells in their tank. She also likes to feed them potatoes, strawberries, carrots and gelatin. They have small plants to climb and get sunlight too.
They're great for a first pet.

[alveolate]

missed opportunity to shock viewers with their giant oceanic cousin, which is like the size of a cat

[MissIrisYvette]

Well these were the most gentle bugs of my childhood and I appreciate the memories

[mandapanda]

Ah yes, the elusive poop-eating, butt-breathing kangaroo lobster

[valoromega]

I remember keeping them as pets as a kid.

I was making a tiny compost pile and didn't realize it at the time.

[ladykarolyn]

As a kid, I just loved the way their legs moved. They just trundle along, those little guys!

[chrstfer]

Theyre excellent for terrariums, i used to keep them with spiders and plants and they were so great at keeping things clean without disturbing the spiders or getting eaten.

[qdaniele]

I live in Italy and I've never called them "porcellini di terra" ("land little piggies").
We called them "corrierine" ("little autobuses") because the ones we have here have a row of white dots on each sides that kind of looks like the windows of a bus.

[HabilisxScavengedRecords]

I love my isopods! I have dairy cows, red pandas, & powders!

[candace]

I'm 74 now and just learned something new. I like when I learn something each day since it keeps my brain working and staying healthy. Never knew that pillbugs, which is what they were called by kids in my neighborhood since the 1950s, could break down heavy metals in soil. Great job little dudes, keep up the good work. 😊

[noahvandenberg]

In dutch we call them "pissing beds" and i have no idea why😅

[irmaosmatos]

They are called tatuzinhos-de-jardim (little garden armadillos) in Brazil.

[CaliGramz]

I used to pick these up and roll in between my no longer do 😂

[Sophh-fr]

I love rolly poly’s. I remember my brother had a little bug catcher that had a magnifine glass top and bottom so you could see the bugs easier. We made the mistake of putting a rolly poly in said but catcher, not knowing it was pregnant. We watched in horror as I’m not even sure how many babies began exiting its body. Truly terrifying for a 5 and 8 year old.

[angiecolwell]

I love rolly pollies! 61 years old and I still play with them like I'm 5. If one makes it into the house, it gets carried outside so my cats don't hurt them😊

[cjer]

As a huge isopod and bug enjoyer as a whole, I love informative videos like these to help other people understand, but I do have a couple gripes. Firstly, you didn't mention that only some branches of isopod (like armadillidium and cubaris) can roll up in balls. Others like the porcellio scaber (the grey bumpy flat ones) have defense more akin to cockroaches, where they can fit their flat bodies into tight spaces.

And then my other gripe is that critter at the very end wasn't an isopod, it was a pill millipede! Pill millipedes and isopods are SUPER similar in both body shape and niche, but you can tell them apart by looking at their undersides. Pill millipede legs start much closer to the center of the creature, whereas isopods' legs are much closer to the outsides of their body. You can also tell by how many legs they have; all isopods, terrestrial and aquatic, have 7 sets of legs. Super weird number, yeah, but if anything is crawling around with more that 14 stompers lookin like that, that baby is a pilly milly :D

[npsick]

They are so cute and adorable. Picking them up feels ticklish and they don’t bite