Roly Polies Came From the Sea to Conquer the Earth | Deep Look
Vložit
- čas přidán 16. 01. 2017
- Pill bugs. Doodle bugs. Potato bugs. Wood Shrimp. Whatever you call them, there’s something less creepy about these critters than other insects. Maybe it’s because they’re not insects at all.
SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! goo.gl/8NwXqt
DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED San Francisco and presented by PBS Digital Studios. See the unseen at the very edge of our visible world. Get a new perspective on our place in the universe. Explore big scientific mysteries by going incredibly small.
* NEW VIDEOS EVERY OTHER TUESDAY! *
With winter rains, Bay Area pill bugs are out in force. Fortunately, they’re one of our most beloved “bugs.” Pill bugs. Doodle bugs. Potato bugs. Wood Shrimp. Whatever you call them, there’s something less creepy about these critters than other insects. Maybe it’s because they’re not insects at all.
Pill bugs are more closely related to a shrimp and lobsters than crickets or butterflies. Their ancestors lived in the sea, but ancient pill bugs crawled out millions of years ago to carve a life for themselves on dry land.
You can see the evidence if you take a close look at them, so that’s exactly what we did for this episode of Deep Look, an ultra-high definition wildlife video series produced by KQED and PBS DIgital Studios.
“Kids love them,” said Jonathan Wright, a professor of biology at Pomona College who studies the charismatic creepy-crawlies. After all, who hasn’t delighted as a youth in annoying a pill bug until it defensively curls up into a little armored ball?
Some adventurous foragers even eat pill bugs. Their flavor is said to resemble other crustaceans, earning pill bugs the moniker “wood shrimp”.
“I personally haven’t tasted one,” said Wright, “but I’ve spoken to people that have. They didn’t get a particularly high approval rating. Pill bugs have a lot of soil in their gut.”
They may not be ready to replace shrimp as an appetizer, but according to Wright, the evidence of the pill bug’s evolutionary lineage lies underneath its shell.
--- What are pill bugs related to?
Pill bugs are terrestrial crustaceans. They’re more closely related to marine creatures like lobsters and shrimp than crickets or other insects.
--- If pill bugs have gills, can they survive underwater?
Most pill bugs will drown within a few hours if submerged because their pleopod gills have become better at removing oxygen from air and less good at removing oxygen from water
--- Why do pill bugs roll into a ball?
Pill bugs roll into a ball to protect themselves from potential predators. They will also roll up, a process called conglobation, to keep from drying out if they don’t have access to enough moisture.
--- What do pill bugs eat?
Pill bugs mostly eat decaying plant matter but also consume fungus, algae and lichens.
---+ Read the entire article on KQED Science:
ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/01/...
---+ For more information:
Respiratory physiology of the Oniscidea: Aerobic capacity and the significance of pleopodal lungs. Jonathan C. Wright and Kevin Ting
---+ More Great Deep Look episodes:
The Double-Crossing Ants to Whom Friendship Means Nothing
• The Double-Crossing An...
The Snail-Smashing, Fish-Spearing, Eye-Popping Mantis Shrimp
• The Snail-Smashing, Fi...
These Termites Turn Your House into a Palace of Poop
• These Termites Turn Yo...
---+ See some great videos and documentaries from the PBS Digital Studios!
A Venus Flytrap Works Just Like Your Brain | Brain Craft
• A Venus Flytrap Works ...
What are antibubbles? | Physics Girl
• What are antibubbles?
---+ Follow KQED Science:
KQED Science: www.kqed.org/science
Tumblr: / kqedscience
Twitter: / kqedscience
---+ About KQED
KQED, an NPR and PBS affiliate in San Francisco, CA, serves Northern California and beyond with a public-supported alternative to commercial TV, Radio and web media.
Funding for Deep Look is provided in part by PBS Digital Studios and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Deep Look is a project of KQED Science, which is also supported by HopeLab, the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation, the Vadasz Family Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Smart Family Foundation and the members of KQED.
#deeplook #pillbug #isopod - Věda a technologie
I mean with a name like Rollie pollies it's kinda hard to be scared
Why did you begin your comment with the phrase "I mean"? It doesn't make sense without any context.
JanetFunkYeah in the context of the intro of the video it does make sense
+OnePie
It doesn't work that way.
The phrase "I mean" is used after one has already stated something and is then elaborating by adding additional detail.
@@JanetStarChild Calm down Mr. Genius
+A literal Chair
What do you mean "calm down"? What's the problem? Oh, right, I forgot... No one likes to be corrected anymore. Apparently we've all become so hyper-defensive that even a well-intended, friendly correction is seen as an act of war.
Woah, woah! You dont eat them. They are friends. You dont eat friends.
Rollypollys are friends! Not food!
But tru
you would not enjoy Vietnam lol
Joaquin Olvera uytyh
We can't have friends for dinner? Dr Lecter will be disappointed...
My childhood bugs
1. Rolie pollies
2. Fire flies
3. Lady bugs
4. Worms
No worms ☹️❓
@@georgeb.wolffsohn30 oh yeah I forgot to put that in the list
My childhood insect is:
1. Roly poly
2. Stag beetle
3. Spider
4. Scorpion
5. Mantis
6. Dragon fly
@@boi9246 are the spiders venomous in there? Am scared of spiders
@@paularivera9943 well some of them but mostly not, for example a "friendly" spiders like: daddy long legs and the "venomous" spider is for example a black widow spider, but the spiders that i like is jumping spider, well they do bite but not venomous you can find them on trees but commonly they live in people houses, i tried to breed them the result is didn't end to well
(Btw i live in Indonesia)
I use to call them Rollie Pollie Ollies but for now on I shall call them *LaNd ShRiMp*
Or pill bugs
[]GreenGuy [] LAND SHRIMP
@@secretagentkarve9431 TERRESTRIAL SHRIMP
roly pollies
@@MB32904 no food
The fact that they are crustaceans makes me look at them so much differently than before
If you didn't already know that you're weird.
Just look at giant isopods
did nobody even have those garden wildlife and insect identifying books?!
It was the part about eating them that was weird. I'm a vegetarian except I do eat seafood, and I did know these things were crustaceans, but I'm only realizing how funny it is that unlike prawns, I wouldn't eat one of these because I'd consider that "meat-eating".
+Jascha Bull ''I'm a vegetarian except I do eat seafood'' You can't be a vegetarian except [insert random animal here]. You are either a vegetarian, or you are not. In your case, you are NOT a vegetarian.
I don't know but this always bothers me a lot.
Roly polies are the only bugs I trust
Oh Hol straight up
Oh Hol but third crustaceans not insects
*they're
If u think a bug has to be an insect, that's probably racist.
Oh Hol there not bugs tho
I used to find pill bugs all the time and play with them when i was 5-6. Now i cant find one single pill bug anymore :(
Check under rocks and bricks and convince ur parents ur working in a garden or something that's where I find most of my pet rollypollies
They are every where in my house lol
me too:(
@@edithasd2806 *give me your house*
they’re childhood land shrimp because we always found them when we little and now we cant find them anymore :(
All my Knowledge came from
School:10%
CZcams and Google:90%
For real lol🤣🤣😂😂😂
Me:
School 50%
Internet 50%
Then you'd probably want to pay more attention at school.
For me:
School: 80%
CZcams/internet: 20%
Yeah._. Gonna be realistic for once xd
Really? 😂
This series always manages to make me smile.
i clicked on your avatar
hah, even episode about bed bugs? O.o
RhobarElite Well knowing I don't have any in my bed makes me sm.. OW! what just bit me?
whats my message?
lol
these lil guys are so adorable,as a child i used to let them crawl around on my fingertip for a few mins,and then i put them back where i found them.
We both know that aint true. You crushed them afterwards
I was unbelievably sadistic as a kid. Now, I actively look out for them to avoid coming anywhere close to stepping on them
I do this with my 4 year old brother. He think they are the coolest little things
meter maide I used to make lil habitats for em. They lived for a surprisingly long time.
I still do. I love connecting with the little creatures in nature and watching them crawl on my hand. Cool to watch
This is probably one of the only bugs I'm not creeped or afraid of because of how cute and harmless they are
let me introduce you to the jumping spider
just trust me on this one
@@northernalpine4350 actually…? cus the nect time i see one i WILL approach it 😹
@@nandoacuario i can confirm - they are super docile, if you approach and handle them in a relaxed manor they will just hang out or walk around on your hand. never been bitten by one - they can move so qucikly that i think they are more likely to try to escape a threat than attack
Yo , this is one of the MOST WHOLESOME comment sections I have EVER SEEN i love this channel's fandom
Sh it fu ck da mn he ll as s ti t bit ch
@No Player not so wholesome now eh
@No Player that is not how it works
Well, potato bugs themselves are wholesome buggies.
@@amaliasilva7518 HONESTLYYY I LOVE Y'ALL AHHAHAH 💛🌟✨🌟💛 😍✊
Why was it so universally fun to touch them as a child so you could watch them roll up into a little ball? All kids loved it!
YEAH!!!!!
Yes.Lovely bugs 😄
Do kids nowadays still play with bugs? I'd hate to think that the next generations will be starved of outdoor exposure between all the helicopter parenting and the electronic stimuli (ex. iPhones)
@aznmarty256 I use to eat them my favorite ones I use to eat alot as a kid from age 5-6 was ates or wood lies or whatever you called them, my home use to be made of wood and in the wood there would be little holes in them I Dug those holes and I saw antes in them I remember I literally put one in my mouth and that it tasted good BUT trust me I don't do that anymore I can't even imagine I use to do that as a kid when I remember it now it always felt like it never happened BUT IT DID!!
@@applepie8308 we can actually eat it???
Man you guys really show me how amazing the world around me is. This isn't some far off exotic animal, it's right here in my back yard. That's so cool
Glad you enjoyed it, Cory.
cory Sensei Cory you're my hero you're in my favorite anime
Well, Trump probably turn that to a golf course, you gonna get a job soon buddy.
Hiếu Tô lol
lmao to be fair, to someone else in this world those "exotic" animals are their backyard as well lol. But you're right. It's neat
Here in Argentina we call them "bichos bolita", which would translate to "lil' ball bugs". They're adorable. I used to find them all over the house every time my dad brought logs from the fields in the winter. The poor things lived in the logs and had to get out or else they would catch fire. Whenever I could check the logs to make sure there weren't any hidden in them. And today I still do.
In Vietnam we call them "con hạt tiêu" which means "pepper bug" (pepper as in salt and pepper) and "rận gỗ" which translates to "wood lice"
These little guys have helped me see things differently. As a kid I didn't mind bugs much, but spiders freaked me out. Recently I've been trying to think of spiders, or any other "creepy crawly" as just any other bug, like these roly polies. When I see a spider now I try to be intentional in examining it and respecting it for what it is. It makes me less afraid, but they're still not my favorite "bug" like these! Haha. Great video!!!
Thanks, Josh, for the r3flection. Good advice!
tbh i always treat rollies better than other lil creepers
Hansa me too
Hansa frfr
Mee too
They are veryb cutegm
same, i kill em quick.
The only creature I trust more than ladybugs-
Even when they like to burrow in poop (they must eat it too, like a true crustacean).
Ladybugs devour their unborn brothers
@@lavenderlovessans5758 so did I.
Leznah Calderon. UM WTH
I feel like i aint seen a ladybug in yrs
Ah, they’re so cute! As though I have a fear with anything with multiple legs, but these little guys make me feel A LOT more calmer.
These are like the only “bugs” I’ve ever found to be cute
As a kid, I always appreciated how docile, gentle, and friendly these little bugs were. They weren't interested in stinging you, or biting you, sucking your blood, or flying up your nose. Their little legs felt so good when I let them walk on my arm!
Yeah and the little black beetles in the grass.
@@craigmoran893 Do you remember the theme song for the movie "Napoleon Dynamite"? One of the lines goes "...and look at all the bugs we found. I can see that we are going to be friends."
Crustaceans? 😐 I’ve been lied to
CLUTCHMASTER BEATS crustoceans
Anyone who doesn’t call them rolly pollies is an actual psychopath
Does that include people that do not even speak English?
Mildly Disgruntled TortillaWhisperer Anyone who doesn’t call them potato bugs is an actual psychopath
Anyone who doesn’t have a name for them is an actual psychopath
I used to call them doodle bugs
In my country we call them canchito de tierra, or Dirt piggy in English
Rolly pollies are probably the cutest/friendliest bug out there. They don't bite, they don't sting, they're really harmless, and that's why I love them so much
I love pill bugs. They hold a special place in my heart, as I used to go hunting for these guys in gardens when I was little. I grossed out my mom a lot with these little buggers. XD
Same here! Me and my sister used to collect them when we lived in Florida as little kids and pretend we had an army of pill bugs or make them race.
As an adult now, I see them sometimes here in Las Vegas, but it's extremely rare.
I thought you were gonna say "As an adult now, I still race them against my sister". :D
Ruler Of The Wasteland I actually used to catch a bunch of these and play marbles with it.
When I was a kid in SoCal, I was always fascinated by Rolly Polies. Very interesting to learn that they're actually crustaceans! I wonder how far their fossil record goes back.
HOW DID I GET THIS MANY LIKES, AND GET PINNED? I love your channel Deep Look!! Keep making amazing content! :D
The first bug I ever loved
Danny Perez me too lols
Danny Perez No, it's obviously not tour firdt one you loved, it's not a bug.
The one that got away. I know the feeling fam
Danny Perez It’s a Crustacean
Bug isn't a nickname for just insects :/ but okkkk-
I once saw a pill bug when I was 3 and I was like, " Aww, so cute-" and then my brother killed it.
NOOOOOOOO
all i can think of is “avenge the pill bug” now
*DEATH SENTENCE*
There is even more proof that these guys were indeed aquatic once you learn about their deep sea cousins, the giant isopods.
I had no idea they had gills or came from the sea. Very interesting. This makes me look at them differently
All life on land came from the seas.
Neither did I. But, when you do look closely at them, they're like their underwater ancestors that have fossils MUCH larger than these guys! Huh... No wonder I love dinosaurs and learning about horse shoe crabs and sharks! :)
There are some millipedes that looks like them btw
@Z e life in the seas is not only significantly easier but it's basically the norm. You have your perfect free 3D medium and you can travel with ease wherever you want, you can also travel without moving, just by exploiting currents. Here instead, you need to painstakingly move your heavy body across an inconvenient 2D surface, if there's a mountain to climb you don't have many options, you can't fly over it, you get the point.
And yeah uhm a little detail, life is MADE of water, every cell of every creature is mostly water, so do you see how bizarre it is to live on dry land?
I guess abiogenesis on land wouldn't be impossible but it would still need to imply some kind of liquid, I have no idea how that would work and I guess it would look very alien. The universe is probably too young. I'm ready to bet no alien in the universe has a dry land origin story - yet - I think you really need to get lucky for something like that to happen.
@@kaytlinjustis5643 Actually the giant isopod still exists. bassically just a giant Woodlouse.
I always thought these were cute little crustaceans
But they are crustenceas
Isopods
Look like Isopods. Tiny little Isopods.
Deuz Voltz Yup
How about the giant ones in the ocean/sea?
These little creatures were a favorite as a child. They were endlessly fascinating to observe. Even today I have a fondness for them.
I remember finding 50 in a week when i was 8
I picked up the giant pool bin with my family.. There were like 50 under it
🧢
Rollie Pollies and lady bugs are the only bugs that I trust.
Same
Phlaryx what about butterflies and fireflies?
Russianflavor eh. I’m not to comfortable with anything that flies. I don’t like the buzzing sound of wings it gives me shivers XD. I’m ok with butterflies though.
@@phlaryx7145 Ladybugs eat other ladybug eggs and the larva also eat the eggs
@@phlaryx7145 but ladybugs fly 😂
Deer : wow i love being land animals
Human : me too
Pill bugs : *Shouting from afar* IM ALOMST THERE
ella huruka We are animals?
@@blazingnecromancer4290 yep! we're mammals
Saida Farhana Never said we wasn’t
@@blazingnecromancer4290 yeah you asked
Ted The Bear ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
We are animals, in every sense of the word, it shouldn’t be hard to understand.
These little guys are so adorable. I've loved them since I was a toddler.
Rolly pollys look nice, they hold a place in my memories for the longest times. I love their shell the most, it's so shiny
OK, but why do moths fly erratically?
That is a great question - sometime we really should do an episode on moths.
Look at the genus of moth called Hemaris. (Hummingbird-Hawk-Moth.) They are mind-boggling and beautiful. When I first saw one I felt I was seeing something magical. I haven't seen but two in my life. They are big and they hover over flowers, and you think it's a hummingbird... a decent article about them here:
www.npr.org/sections/theprotojournalist/2014/08/19/341368251/what-exactly-is-that-birdlike-thing
But you could do better!
Sl Meyers, I've seen one and I was astonished. Much fun bird moth.
Every one gangster until Gordon Ramsay starts frying the Rollie polies
egg 😂😂
😂😂😂😂😞😞
OOF
Lol
egg 💀💀💀💀💀😂
I love these little guys. I always walk around them and let them go about their way
Hand's down one of the most amazing and intrepid little critters out there, considering their evolutionary history.
IS THAT WHY I ONLY SEE THEM WHEN ITS WET OUTSIDE?? 😳😳😳 THIS MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE NOW!!
@The last Bean bender me want free robux plzzzzzz
We can’t be friends if you call them other than rolly polly
xKarma _ how about lil paulie's roll squad
They are also called woodlice, I think.
Alex Tumm It’s “potato” not “potatoe”
xKarma _ ikr
In Australia, we call them 'slaters' mainly.
These guys will always be my best friends. They are the most adorable lil fellas in the garden. 🥺
when my sis first saw a pill bug she was like : wow! what a beautiful caterpillar! and i was just staring at her
If these gills are still very similar to the ones aquatic animals use, can pillbugs still breathe underwater? Or have their gills become too specialized on air for that to work?
ylhajee
I too was thinking the exact same thing.
ylhajee just googled it: "Pill bugs are crustaceans, like shrimp or crabs. They breathe with gills, so they can survive under water."
No, the can't. They take in small amounts of moisture from the air into their body. Anything more and they will drown.
i just drown one a few days ago, so no, they cannot.
0x1z
😭 Poor Rolly Polly 😭 R.I.P. little buddy 😢
"They even taste like shrimp"
...nah, 🅱
Pedro Munoz Fake blood 🔵♿️
😂😂😂😂😂
Rollie Pollies, my old childhood friends. We used to play with them while digging in the dirt when I was a child. I have found memories of these little critters. Now, when I have children, I can explain that they are actually crustaceans and have gills.
Yep - kids especially love these.
I've always been fascinated by rollie polies. I remember I must have been about three years old when I first picked up my father's encyclopedias, and browsed through the pictures in them came across bugs I didn't even know existed. But these, these little crustaceans were the first living thing I had ever I truly examined. It was amazing to me how these little creatures were more closely related to shrimp than insects yet they lived in land! Plus where I lived in Mexoco there was countless of them everywhere.
Roly Polies are a part of my childhood so they’re the only insects (crustacean) that I can tolerate because they hold a special place in my heart
Arthropods, not insects. I know for some reason some people refer to all arthropods including crabs, spiders and scorpions as insects, but insects are a specific subgroup.
Z Zs you must be a fun person
@@amazely5205
I'm with Z Zs on this one, as I cannot stand when misinformation gets defended in the same manner as what you just did. It's along the same lines as calling dolphins and whales as "fish" on account of them also being aquatic.
@@_Muzolf They are crustaceans, which, like insects, are Arthropods, and she did put crustacean as the correct classification (like this) to distinguish from what, as it mentions in the video, many people, including her as a child, mistakenly consider them and lump them in with. It is clear that she knows the difference now and was referring to when she didn't as a child. The implication was that, regardless of their classification, as a kid, the potato 'bug's' creep factor was less than that of other 'bugs', and remains so. All this was clear in her comment. Thanks for correcting nothing, pedant.
@@user-roninwolf1981 They are crustaceans, which, like insects, are Arthropods, and she did put 'crustacean' as the correct classification (like this) to distinguish from what, as it mentions in the video, many people, including her as a child, mistakenly consider them and lump them in with. It is clear that she knows the difference now and was referring to when she didn't as a child. The implication was that, regardless of their classification, bugs can be scary, and, as a kid, the potato 'bug's' creep factor was less than that of other 'bugs', and remains so. All this was clear in her comment, and she never 'misinformed'. No one likes a pedant.
"A series of tubes!" So the crickets breathe using the internet?
Ok boomer
Dont know if thise is a pyro refrence of not..
1:24 Oh no... Pill bugs only look blue if they have a serious viral takeover. :(
I remember playing with these creatures when I was young
I was fascinated by roly pollie as a kid.
ITS REAL ISOPOD HOURS
Something about those little guys make me happy. There's not much of a better feeling than seeing a pill bug roll up into a little ball for a bit and then crawl away.
I really hope we selectively breed pill bugs over hundreds of years to the point where it looks like something somebody in Star Wars would ride
I loved these little bugs as a child. I still remembering playing with them when I was young
Ikr
Hm, I always thought that rolly pollies looked like isopods
Mymy Ly They are related as far as I know.
I bet the first pill bug coming on land was an isopod kind of thing
They are an Isopod. If you look at an Giant Isopod and a Pill Bug they're like 80-90% visually identical.
Deku Only difference is that rolly pollies are smol and cute and isopods are terrifying
Silver Fang testifyingly cute you mean
Silver Fang Pill bugs aren't just closely related, they are just isopods. There is no differences between them because they are just one of many different types of isopod.
the more I watch these channel, the more impressed I am by nature and evolution. This is AAA education. ❤
They're actually the only kind of insect-like thing I'd touch without being asked to._.
The only bug I've ever liked.
Their life isn't a bugs life...
Gamerdynasty4ever lets sue pixar
Gamerdynasty4ever
A -crab- -shrimp- -fish- -eel- -lobster-
Crustaceans life
Nobody:
CZcams title: *_Rolie Polies came from the sea to conquer the earth_*
Me, almost late to school: 👁👄👁
Same
👁👃👁
👅
*I felt that*
It's true they were sea creatures. I dumped some in water one time and they breathe and walked under neath
@@st4r444 woah
@@Nat-jf7rg hot
Ladybugs and Roly Polies are my two favorite kindhearted arthropods! And lightning bugs are just mesmerizing
I just learned a lot about my friend the rolly pollie that I played with when I was a kid. Thank you
Weird. I thought I was the only one to call them roly polies
Christopher Peery well then you are not alone. I always see them and I would sometimes say pill bugs.
Same
I always called them potato bugs, but everyone I know calls them rolly pollies, so I started calling them that in front of others, but they're still potato bugs in my mind.
Christopher Peery, same
cassie z thts cool, i always called the rollie pollies to but I never heard them referred to as potatoe bugs 😁
Today I just realized that pill bugs are tiny isopods 😂😂
Yes!
they are actually pretty big isopods =P
their underwater relatives are usually smaller,except the giant and the parasitic varieties.
You can have a giant isopod as a pet.
Yololol Bros. Real isopod hours
ISOPOD HOURS!
There is probably someone out there who, after watching this video, tries to see if the Pill Bugs could breathe underwater
Failed_ K I am definitely curious to know.
AkelisRain they don’t
@@AkelisRain they drown
I love breeding these guys. They help keep my other animals clean and healthy. They can be incredibly hardy and personable.
Omg i thought I was the only one who thought they were less creepy than bugs. 😲
I loved these little guys growing up.
Pill bugs are probably the only insects that i like,idk why,they just seem like that Chill friend that always say "just relax, it'll be ok tho".
This women is a hypnotist. a siren even. I watched one video and i cant stop, even if i get grossed out. help.
My dad used to tell me this every time we went out fishing
I used to collect them calling them bugs
But Dad always said “let me tell you something fun and mind blowing, tho are not just bugs they are more like the crabs you see in the water”
I just couldn’t believe that jaja
But here I am now
Thanks guys
Love your videos
Branlee Lopez ah reminds me of those good old days...(•͈˽•͈).... (Ｔ▽Ｔ)
Euphoria Z yeah like 10 years ago good days
Branlee Lopez (Ｔ▽Ｔ) col
Ahahahahaha we all learn something new everyday!!
@@PatrickB4 same
I used to hate them but now i raise an army full of 200,000 roly-polies with strength as much as if they just had steroids and they're all in my backyard
Aethyr Stonite how u count them
I have an infestation of the little buggers. *PLEASE* recruit them to your army and outta my yard!
@@Lady8D Train them instead of removing them.
Meor Qaid
There's too many of em, I think they're plotting something. Them & the pincher bugs are *_out of control!!!_* outside my house at night! Seriously, they crawl on the walls, ceilings, walk ways... _shiver!_
@@Lady8D They're doing it... TO EVOLVE!
I love this channel because it makes what we think might be the most mundane every day creatures and makes them fascinating!
There are so many of Rollie Polies in my garden cause I water them daily, so there is still moisture in the soil making them damp. Literally found a loads of them. I still love picking them up and helping them find their other friends. They are kind of like the hamsters of the “bug” world, yes I know they aren’t technically bugs.
All my life, I never new the truth of these creatures. I have learned a lot from using CZcams and google.
Sometimes u learn more online than in school
Heh, when you see dirt on a roleypoley's body, it tells a story it has been in some random dirt pile or something
I looooove roleypoleys.....
Roly polies are practically the armadillos of the bug kingdom
my man told me he’s never seen a roly poly today.. these bugs were in my childhood so i had to show him. learned some things while doing it, too.😊
I've always called them "Potato Bugs"; when I was a kid used to like looking under bricks or rocks to find these little guys crawling around, along with millipedes and worms.
i was fine with finding the worms and potato bugs but the millipedes gave me goosebumpsXD
why potato bugs? theyre wood bugs. they dont eat potatoes
These aren't actually what potato bugs are...potato bugs are actually insects, and they look entirely different...
I have found that I have to keep my lungs moist as well to breath. They do not work well dry.
Phillguy That's what she said.
Pill bugs are my best friends! They're all over the floors of my house and I love picking them up and putting them outside
"Can't wear the Rollie without the Pollie." ~ Blueface, 2019
Pill Bugs and Grasshoppers are by far the only bugs i can trust....
Āćıđ Star I can only trust pill bugs, lightning bugs and lady bugs
grASshOpErS?!??!?
i only trust honey bees and ants alongside pill bugs
Yep, grasshopper is an amphipod
@@poyoshrub im fine with ants but if they’re in my house, i show no mercy
ROLLY POLLYS ARE MY FAVORITE THINGS IN THE WORLD
They are the definition of “just vibing”
Rolly pollies, butterflies, and fireflies are the three bugs I thoroughly enjoy seeing. Beetles, centipedes, and mosquitoes are demons.
So they aren't bugs? Maybe that's why I find them less scary than usual bugs
mr.blueguy that and the fact that they are totally harmless and have no Interest in humans or their homes
They are cute in a way lol had such fun days during my childhood searching for them at recess:)
They roll up and hide because they feel gill-ty. Thank you, everyone. You've been a great audience.
This guy!
James Craver best pun ever
James Craver ba dum tsss
I used to pick these up when I was a kid
For some reason I always thought Roly Polies were so cute and I would poke them whenever I saw them just hanging out in my potted plants lol
I remember at some camp I went to this kid got literally a cup full of these guys. Then he dumped them all on one of the lunch tables
So he served seafood?
@@The__Interloper nice one XD
Rolly Pollys are so cute! And, no eat. You cant eat them! They adorable!
A lot of things we eat are cute.
If we eat pigs, why not crickets
Giant Isopods are large rolly pollys but they're gross and terrifying and people eat those.
@@greminboye, I don't eat a lot of meat. Sometimes but I'd rather not
@@bugseater1, if you have a phobia no need to be rude about it. I get phobis
Potato bug: HEY U STOLE MY NAME
Pill bug (potato bug): they gave me dis name soo u just got to deal with it
I used to play with pillbugs as a kid. They’re cute little things. I still like them.
I used to play with these little guys like marbles when I was a kid. It was fun flicking them around. XD
Hey, they were just a kid- kids do a lot of pretty mean stuff. They don't know any better. Plus, that wouldn't have really hurt them anyways. The most it would've done is disorient them.
Its a transitionary species , I had never realised but this , but they might be the best example we have discovered
Absolutely, It’s fascinating how transitional species are alive today and could in the future evolve into fully terrestrial organisms that don’t need much humidity, and use some form of spiracles instead of gills.
pill bugs are not a species.
They are a family
@@meteoricpotato8541 They’re not even a family, they’re a suborder, which contains several families.
@@laserfan17 no, no
Roly polies are Armadillidiidae
That is a family
Roly poly does not mean woodlouse (Oniscidea), they are only a type of woodlouse
@@meteoricpotato8541 I didn’t remember pill bugs were Roly Polies, but you are right, Armadillididae is the family of Pill Bugs.
I know not all Oniscideans can roll into a ball.
I love how you made this fun and adventures! The narrator made it sound happy!!!! Great video!!!