Roly Polies Came From the Sea to Conquer the Earth | Deep Look

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.
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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.
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[@chapmanpagel3661]

I mean with a name like Rollie pollies it's kinda hard to be scared

[@JanetStarChild]

Why did you begin your comment with the phrase "I mean"? It doesn't make sense without any context.

[@oneepie]

JanetFunkYeah in the context of the intro of the video it does make sense

[@JanetStarChild]

+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.

[@iyunganam3885]

@@JanetStarChild Calm down Mr. Genius

[@JanetStarChild]

+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.

[@ruddgrennen3988]

The fact that they are crustaceans makes me look at them so much differently than before

[@notpulverman9660]

If you didn't already know that you're weird.

[@notpulverman9660]

Just look at giant isopods

[@KerpooHater]

did nobody even have those garden wildlife and insect identifying books?!

[@jaschabull2365]

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".

[@kickfloeb]

+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.

[@joaquinolvera1204]

Woah, woah! You dont eat them. They are friends. You dont eat friends.

[@IAmThyOverlord]

Rollypollys are friends! Not food!

[@susiekidwell2071]

But tru

[@CameronBrtnik]

you would not enjoy Vietnam lol

[@tofykhan4017]

Joaquin Olvera uytyh

[@camilogonzalez5576]

We can't have friends for dinner? Dr Lecter will be disappointed...

[@paularivera9943]

My childhood bugs 1. Rolie pollies 2. Fire flies 3. Lady bugs 4. Worms

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

No worms ☹️❓

[@paularivera9943]

@@georgeb.wolffsohn30 oh yeah I forgot to put that in the list

[@boi9246]

My childhood insect is: 1. Roly poly 2. Stag beetle 3. Spider 4. Scorpion 5. Mantis 6. Dragon fly

[@paularivera9943]

@@boi9246 are the spiders venomous in there? Am scared of spiders

[@boi9246]

@@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)

[@NewMessage]

This series always manages to make me smile.

[@isaacandrewdixon]

i clicked on your avatar

[@RhobarElite]

hah, even episode about bed bugs? O.o

[@NewMessage]

RhobarElite Well knowing I don't have any in my bed makes me sm.. OW! what just bit me?

[@awsome5ful]

whats my message?

[@hay2396]

lol

[@Nadia72639]

Roly polies are the only bugs I trust

[@kelsicharles7868]

Oh Hol straight up

[@canyonbuire817]

Oh Hol but third crustaceans not insects

[@canyonbuire817]

*they're

[@notpulverman9660]

If u think a bug has to be an insect, that's probably racist.

[@sleepyfreyja]

Oh Hol there not bugs tho

[@andrewjaramillo8620]

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!

[@God-if9xx]

YEAH!!!!!

[@yecai3865]

Yes.Lovely bugs 😄

[@aznmarty256]

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)

[@applepie8308]

@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!!

[@Rafulano3]

@@applepie8308 we can actually eat it???

[@sodaPapa7176]

I use to call them Rollie Pollie Ollies but for now on I shall call them *LaNd ShRiMp*

[@3npitsu992]

Or pill bugs

[@secretagentkarve9431]

[]GreenGuy [] LAND SHRIMP

[@crappyaccount]

@@secretagentkarve9431 TERRESTRIAL SHRIMP

[@MB32904]

roly pollies

[@jeffwoodruff282]

@@MB32904 no food

[@Jillybean711]

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

[@LOOMING_WRAITH_OF_BAD_OMEN]

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.

[@OsamaRana]

I thought you were gonna say "As an adult now, I still race them against my sister". :D

[@diaspiano]

Ruler Of The Wasteland I actually used to catch a bunch of these and play marbles with it.

[@davidb4038]

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.

[@Jillybean711]

HOW DID I GET THIS MANY LIKES, AND GET PINNED? I love your channel Deep Look!! Keep making amazing content! :D

[@gamewrecker3018]

The only creature I trust more than ladybugs-

[@HeartTheEternal]

Even when they like to burrow in poop (they must eat it too, like a true crustacean).

[@lavenderlovessans5758]

Ladybugs devour their unborn brothers

[@leilanidababe8146]

@@lavenderlovessans5758 so did I.

[@baseafterbase1048]

Leznah Calderon. UM WTH

[@qt_drazzy3279]

I feel like i aint seen a ladybug in yrs

[@metermaide1726]

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.

[@califaern3sto]

We both know that aint true. You crushed them afterwards

[@CasinoJs]

I was unbelievably sadistic as a kid. Now, I actively look out for them to avoid coming anywhere close to stepping on them

[@chelsey8737]

I do this with my 4 year old brother. He think they are the coolest little things

[@chrysalxsm9115]

meter maide I used to make lil habitats for em. They lived for a surprisingly long time.

[@skylovecraft2491]

I still do. I love connecting with the little creatures in nature and watching them crawl on my hand. Cool to watch

[@regularcookie4023]

All my Knowledge came from School:10% KZbin and Google:90%

[@brandongomez3229]

For real lol🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@m0rk19]

Me: School 50% Internet 50%

[@Lambda_Ovine]

Then you'd probably want to pay more attention at school.

[@crystalwu7400]

For me: School: 80% KZbin/internet: 20% Yeah._. Gonna be realistic for once xd

[@サレンデクスターエース]

Really? 😂

[@GregoryTheGr8ster]

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!

[@craigmoran893]

Yeah and the little black beetles in the grass.

[@GregoryTheGr8ster]

@@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."

[@cornkopp2985]

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

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Glad you enjoyed it, Cory.

[@informationalidiot3907]

cory Sensei Cory you're my hero you're in my favorite anime

[@hieuto5183]

Well, Trump probably turn that to a golf course, you gonna get a job soon buddy.

[@anitaharrell9623]

Hiếu Tô lol

[@agonleed3841]

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

[@herrscherofsweets9583]

Deer : wow i love being land animals Human : me too Pill bugs : *Shouting from afar* IM ALOMST THERE

[@blazingnecromancer4290]

ella huruka We are animals?

[@saidafrhn]

@@blazingnecromancer4290 yep! we're mammals

[@blazingnecromancer4290]

Saida Farhana Never said we wasn’t

[@flutedscissors9655]

@@blazingnecromancer4290 yeah you asked

[@laserfan17]

Ted The Bear ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ We are animals, in every sense of the word, it shouldn’t be hard to understand.

[@shiba_milca]

Yo , this is one of the MOST WHOLESOME comment sections I have EVER SEEN i love this channel's fandom

[@luccivuitton7463]

Sh it fu ck da mn he ll as s ti t bit ch

[@luccivuitton7463]

@No Player not so wholesome now eh

[@luccivuitton7463]

@No Player that is not how it works

[@amaliasilva7518]

Well, potato bugs themselves are wholesome buggies.

[@shiba_milca]

@@amaliasilva7518 HONESTLYYY I LOVE Y'ALL AHHAHAH 💛🌟✨🌟💛 😍✊

[@deptonebunthole]

tbh i always treat rollies better than other lil creepers

[@BonBon-oq5pl]

Hansa me too

[@oscard.lisboa6105]

Hansa frfr

[@jayleeenglish5189]

Mee too

[@soriya347]

They are veryb cutegm

[@ratintimbs4553]

same, i kill em quick.

[@thegamingalberto8568]

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

[@euphoriaz870]

Branlee Lopez ah reminds me of those good old days...(•͈˽•͈).... (Ｔ▽Ｔ)

[@thegamingalberto8568]

Euphoria Z yeah like 10 years ago good days

[@euphoriaz870]

Branlee Lopez (Ｔ▽Ｔ) col

[@God-if9xx]

Ahahahahaha we all learn something new everyday!!

[@TerrariaGolem]

@@PatrickB4 same

[@frogonaswing284]

Nobody: KZbin title: *_Rolie Polies came from the sea to conquer the earth_* Me, almost late to school: 👁👄👁

[@Nat-jf7rg]

Same 👁👃👁 👅

[@wow_a_raccoon]

*I felt that*

[@st4r444]

It's true they were sea creatures. I dumped some in water one time and they breathe and walked under neath

[@solitary.witch0077]

@@st4r444 woah

[@raspberry144mb3]

@@Nat-jf7rg hot

[@deondrex18k]

This is probably one of the only bugs I'm not creeped or afraid of because of how cute and harmless they are

[@northernalpine4350]

let me introduce you to the jumping spider just trust me on this one

[@nandoacuario]

@@northernalpine4350 actually…? cus the nect time i see one i WILL approach it 😹

[@jamessssssssssssss]

@@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

[@ITSMRZFG]

Crustaceans? 😐 I’ve been lied to

[@marley___9891]

CLUTCHMASTER BEATS crustoceans

[@lonlynova4907]

The first bug I ever loved

[@yobabzbrodchavz8495]

Danny Perez me too lols

[@dbey6038]

Danny Perez No, it's obviously not tour firdt one you loved, it's not a bug.

[@ratintimbs4553]

The one that got away. I know the feeling fam

[@v06261]

Danny Perez It’s a Crustacean

[@mynamesbrobeebitch2070]

Bug isn't a nickname for just insects :/ but okkkk-

[@aliuniversal4100]

"They even taste like shrimp" ...nah, 🅱

[@Jikk5]

Pedro Munoz Fake blood 🔵♿️

[@Iamsandivo]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@owoman8438]

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 :(

[@turtle8724]

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

[@edithasd2806]

They are every where in my house lol

[@meljunmercado2939]

me too:(

[@trinitychicken3704]

@@edithasd2806 *give me your house*

[@dazydayz]

they’re childhood land shrimp because we always found them when we little and now we cant find them anymore :(

[@raysstuff]

I always thought these were cute little crustaceans

[@boufrops6845]

But they are crustenceas

[@deuzvoltz2804]

Isopods

[@sds420ss]

Look like Isopods. Tiny little Isopods.

[@sds420ss]

Deuz Voltz Yup

[@antdude]

How about the giant ones in the ocean/sea?

[@xKarma_411]

We can’t be friends if you call them other than rolly polly

[@ArchaicBuilds]

xKarma _ how about lil paulie's roll squad

[@Dinoman972]

They are also called woodlice, I think.

[@v06261]

Alex Tumm It’s “potato” not “potatoe”

[@solarisanimations8676]

xKarma _ ikr

[@JeffarryLounder]

In Australia, we call them 'slaters' mainly.

[@egg5063]

Every one gangster until Gordon Ramsay starts frying the Rollie polies

[@TwitchLiveClipsOfficial]

egg 😂😂

[@stshx6353]

😂😂😂😂😞😞

[@sunnyithink420]

OOF

[@hero-bo7qc]

Lol

[@FastNCurious88]

egg 💀💀💀💀💀😂

[@tortillawhisperer5811]

Anyone who doesn’t call them rolly pollies is an actual psychopath

[@Lambda_Ovine]

Does that include people that do not even speak English?

[@edcellwarrior]

Mildly Disgruntled TortillaWhisperer Anyone who doesn’t call them potato bugs is an actual psychopath

[@user-jv9wl1tp8i]

Anyone who doesn’t have a name for them is an actual psychopath

[@lilr6199]

I used to call them doodle bugs

[@caasy9473]

In my country we call them canchito de tierra, or Dirt piggy in English

[@WillCrotser]

I had no idea they had gills or came from the sea. Very interesting. This makes me look at them differently

[@Marixchatt]

All life on land came from the seas.

[@kaytlinjustis5643]

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! :)

[@Synthetic_geth]

There are some millipedes that looks like them btw

[@tacitozetticci9308]

@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.

[@Sgt.chickens]

@@kaytlinjustis5643 Actually the giant isopod still exists. bassically just a giant Woodlouse.

[@phlaryx7145]

Rollie Pollies and lady bugs are the only bugs that I trust.

[@theunknownartist9776]

Same

[@wennnbnnn]

Phlaryx what about butterflies and fireflies?

[@phlaryx7145]

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.

[@robbertheguy3232]

@@phlaryx7145 Ladybugs eat other ladybug eggs and the larva also eat the eggs

[@FA-nn8vw]

@@phlaryx7145 but ladybugs fly 😂

[@ylhajee]

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?

[@Monotonyman2010]

ylhajee I too was thinking the exact same thing.

[@eray2805]

ylhajee just googled it: "Pill bugs are crustaceans, like shrimp or crabs. They breathe with gills, so they can survive under water."

[@parkerlovein6042]

No, the can't. They take in small amounts of moisture from the air into their body. Anything more and they will drown.

[@myke7521]

i just drown one a few days ago, so no, they cannot.

[@Monotonyman2010]

0x1z 😭 Poor Rolly Polly 😭 R.I.P. little buddy 😢

[@el_cenicero]

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.

[@whatever5401]

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"

[@Sapphirelily]

IS THAT WHY I ONLY SEE THEM WHEN ITS WET OUTSIDE?? 😳😳😳 THIS MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE NOW!!

[@Dog-wp5oj]

@The last Bean bender me want free robux plzzzzzz

[@Hellefleur]

OK, but why do moths fly erratically?

[@KQEDDeepLook]

That is a great question - sometime we really should do an episode on moths.

[@slmeyers464]

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!

[@SuperDipMonster]

Sl Meyers, I've seen one and I was astonished. Much fun bird moth.

[@kk_tran]

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

[@_Muzolf]

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.

[@amazely5205]

Z Zs you must be a fun person

[@user-roninwolf1981]

@@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.

[@WinkLinkletter]

@@_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.

[@WinkLinkletter]

@@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.

[@Snipedcream]

These guys will always be my best friends. They are the most adorable lil fellas in the garden. 🥺

[@ChimpFromSpace]

"A series of tubes!" So the crickets breathe using the internet?

[@TheMemeDealer69421]

Ok boomer

[@xd_joe]

Dont know if thise is a pyro refrence of not..

[@yolololbros.3019]

Today I just realized that pill bugs are tiny isopods 😂😂

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Yes!

[@KerpooHater]

they are actually pretty big isopods =P their underwater relatives are usually smaller,except the giant and the parasitic varieties.

[@h3llw4lk3r2]

You can have a giant isopod as a pet.

[@thenerdvoid505]

Yololol Bros. Real isopod hours

[@saketshelke5912]

ISOPOD HOURS!

[@christopherpeery8968]

Weird. I thought I was the only one to call them roly polies

[@Kancarus]

Christopher Peery well then you are not alone. I always see them and I would sometimes say pill bugs.

[@heheheeltheyo-kai9674]

Same

[@SkulletteFire]

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.

[@yomaulstartickler5926]

Christopher Peery, same

[@TIMBUDTENDER]

cassie z thts cool, i always called the rollie pollies to but I never heard them referred to as potatoe bugs 😁

[@iJoshDG]

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!!!

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Thanks, Josh, for the r3flection. Good advice!

[@formealyour]

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

[@DBT1007]

Aethyr Stonite how u count them

[@Lady8D]

I have an infestation of the little buggers. *PLEASE* recruit them to your army and outta my yard!

[@mioribonucleicacid]

@@Lady8D Train them instead of removing them.

[@Lady8D]

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!_

[@mioribonucleicacid]

@@Lady8D They're doing it... TO EVOLVE!

[@karinaharvey658]

ITS REAL ISOPOD HOURS

[@Love_Nyxus]

Rolly Pollys are so cute! And, no eat. You cant eat them! They adorable!

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

A lot of things we eat are cute.

[@greminboye]

If we eat pigs, why not crickets

[@bugseater1]

Giant Isopods are large rolly pollys but they're gross and terrifying and people eat those.

[@Love_Nyxus]

@@greminboye, I don't eat a lot of meat. Sometimes but I'd rather not

[@Love_Nyxus]

@@bugseater1, if you have a phobia no need to be rude about it. I get phobis

[@jajakhawla587]

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.

[@Gamerdynasty4ever]

Their life isn't a bugs life...

[@ivanrios2000ir]

Gamerdynasty4ever lets sue pixar

[@awfullygenericname6783]

Gamerdynasty4ever A -crab- -shrimp- -fish- -eel- -lobster- Crustaceans life

[@mrunknown6842]

I loved these little bugs as a child. I still remembering playing with them when I was young

[@blankblank5409]

Ikr

[@wuznab5109]

Omg i thought I was the only one who thought they were less creepy than bugs. 😲

[@devandevan1403]

These are like the only “bugs” I’ve ever found to be cute

[@Duricas]

I was fascinated by roly pollie as a kid.

[@XBELL-EXTRAS]

i remember when I was in kindergarten and my friend had a rollie polly in his hand and i accidentally bumped into him and he thought the rolly polly died but it didn't it just curled up into a ball then my friend hit me in the face then i BIT HIS ARM

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Kids are the best.

[@jakep1979]

Crawling into a ball of protective shield would have been a handy adoption to us humans as well.

[@alberton2169]

+Deep Look. Can you do about then hercules beetle

[@CorrineBeebe]

XBELL123 123-EXTRAS www that hurt

[@markanderson1088]

Cool story bro

[@foggy5152]

Hm, I always thought that rolly pollies looked like isopods

[@_Obey_]

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

[@Alte.Kameraden]

They are an Isopod. If you look at an Giant Isopod and a Pill Bug they're like 80-90% visually identical.

[@silverfangmoonhunter]

Deku Only difference is that rolly pollies are smol and cute and isopods are terrifying

[@peppermintthegoodgoblin3795]

Silver Fang testifyingly cute you mean

[@chitinskin9860]

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.

[@twister5752]

"Pill bugs evolved from sea creatures and still have gills" Christians: *_impossible_*

[@bugseater1]

A lot of Christians actually believe in evolution.

[@theultraatomicgamer]

thit Like me boi

[@WasLostButNowAmFound]

Evolutionist: Everything came from Nothing. Logic: Out the window.

[@dm_nimbus]

They roll up and hide because they feel gill-ty. Thank you, everyone. You've been a great audience.

[@KQEDDeepLook]

This guy!

[@derpfanatix3168]

James Craver best pun ever

[@dawnwingslunaleon1837]

James Craver ba dum tsss

[@loszhor]

I loved these little guys growing up.

[@spellbinderart]

All my life, I never new the truth of these creatures. I have learned a lot from using KZbin and google.

[@tonythomas8403]

Sometimes u learn more online than in school

[@justsomerando2658]

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

[@yourlocaltelevision3599]

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

[@The__Interloper]

So he served seafood?

[@knightmare2884]

@@The__Interloper nice one XD

[@dtessphilips5935]

Heh, when you see dirt on a roleypoley's body, it tells a story it has been in some random dirt pile or something

[@dtessphilips5935]

I looooove roleypoleys.....

[@RJTheHero8]

I used to play with these little guys like marbles when I was a kid. It was fun flicking them around. XD

[@thana6499]

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.

[@crystalwu7400]

They're actually the only kind of insect-like thing I'd touch without being asked to._.

[@MeidoInHebun]

The only bug I've ever liked.

[@Phillguy]

I have found that I have to keep my lungs moist as well to breath. They do not work well dry.

[@longdirtytoenails1076]

Phillguy That's what she said.

[@idkwhoiamanymore2148]

Pill Bugs and Grasshoppers are by far the only bugs i can trust....

[@zellty423]

Āćıđ Star I can only trust pill bugs, lightning bugs and lady bugs

[@Tai_0601]

grASshOpErS?!??!?

[@poyoshrub]

i only trust honey bees and ants alongside pill bugs

[@OreoTangel]

Yep, grasshopper is an amphipod

[@dazydayz]

@@poyoshrub im fine with ants but if they’re in my house, i show no mercy

[@mr.blueguy7648]

So they aren't bugs? Maybe that's why I find them less scary than usual bugs

[@Alusnovalotus]

mr.blueguy that and the fact that they are totally harmless and have no Interest in humans or their homes

[@wennnbnnn]

They are cute in a way lol had such fun days during my childhood searching for them at recess:)

[@tkjk0481]

I once saw a pill bug when I was 3 and I was like, " Aww, so cute-" and then my brother killed it.

[@abtutorials5097]

NOOOOOOOO

[@poyoshrub]

all i can think of is “avenge the pill bug” now

[@michellegong1626]

*DEATH SENTENCE*

[@scarysara9364]

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.

[@dazydayz]

i was fine with finding the worms and potato bugs but the millipedes gave me goosebumpsXD

[@clashcanada8845]

why potato bugs? theyre wood bugs. they dont eat potatoes

[@Road_Rash]

These aren't actually what potato bugs are...potato bugs are actually insects, and they look entirely different...

[@ashkechum101]

ROLLY POLLYS ARE MY FAVORITE THINGS IN THE WORLD

[@thepoopenator7341]

I never knew they were called anything other than woodlice, but that's probably because I'm from Britain.

[@SammMannPitts]

rollie polliesssss

[@KentuckyFriedHuman]

I believe woodlice are different from pill bugs. the look flatter and I'm not sure if they can turn into a ball.

[@thepoopenator7341]

Just looked it up, pill bugs are a type of woodlice. I guess we just use the umbrella term in the UK

[@KentuckyFriedHuman]

Ah i see.

[@grizzlyer2200]

where im from we call them rolly pollies (roll-ee pole-ees)

[@commimixcreate4198]

1:24 Oh no... Pill bugs only look blue if they have a serious viral takeover. :(

[@NotTylerT]

I still think they’re cute

[@sampletext1633]

someone's trying to hide their pill bug fetish.

[@ShadowKueken]

Its a transitionary species , I had never realised but this , but they might be the best example we have discovered

[@laserfan17]

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.

[@meteoricpotato8541]

pill bugs are not a species. They are a family

[@laserfan17]

@@meteoricpotato8541 They’re not even a family, they’re a suborder, which contains several families.

[@meteoricpotato8541]

@@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

[@laserfan17]

@@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.

[@Brydav_Massbear]

There is even more proof that these guys were indeed aquatic once you learn about their deep sea cousins, the giant isopods.

[@hello-hw1yb]

ayeeee I call them potato bugs. I have so many of them in my garden I WOULD NEVER EAT THEM

[@HermioneGranger-ev3lj]

We called the boogie boys 😂 they went extinct in my old school because everyone wanted to collect them. 😂😂😂

[@kiddio7165]

Anybody else use to hunt them? i use to grab them from under my porch in the summer.

[@heheheeltheyo-kai9674]

Yes i used to look for them all the time lol

[@giannalopez1343]

meme kid me and my older brother used to do that

[@giannalopez1343]

meme kid they were one bug that I was not afraid of

[@jakesucksatgames9643]

I used to keep them as pets

[@deuzvoltz2804]

I feel bad for squishing these little guys

[@fbbWaddell]

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.

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Yep - kids especially love these.

[@calebwilliams9527]

In the UK we call them woodlouse

[@APG-bz4ol]

Caleb Williams that sounds better than pill bugs and rollie pollies

[@SPEECHBUBBLEFISH]

Actually not all woodlice can roll up! Pill bugs, therefore, are a generic name for members of the Armadillidium family, which is the group of woodlice than can roll up. Therefore, all pill bugs are woodlice, but not all woodlice are pill bugs.

[@mangotango1871]

Thank god I'm not the only one who calls them wood louse XD

[@AlexShackle]

In Newfoundland, they’re called Carpenters since they’re so good at eating through rotting logs

[@MSLandAYL]

I used to catch these things when I was little it was fun :D But they mostly curl up in a ball when we try to get them

[@PhoxfireX]

Madison&Abby i used to keep them and name them 🤣 they really are precious

[@bugseater1]

@@PhoxfireX I currently keep them and put them in an enclosure and selectively breed the really cute/cool looking ones. Isopod keeping.

[@lunalgaleo1991]

Give 'em time, and they'll uncurl in your hands and crawl around!

[@Jasmine-tn4yy]

Have you guys done a video on the Mimosa Pudica (a sensitive plant that responds to touch) yet? If not, then I think doing a video on it would be awesome! If so, could someone send me a link? THANKYOU!

[@KQEDDeepLook]

+Wonho's Red Slippers we are always looking for stories that are about plants. Great idea!!

[@SammMannPitts]

touch me not plants are my favorite, we had some on campus and I would constantly be bothering them. After one Botany class I have a habit of touching plants for fun, except poison ivy haha.

[@jackrush1222]

we call that plant makahiya hear translating to shy plant

[@GarryReyom]

Wonho's Red Slippers I have about 1000 seeds of those. Too bad my 6 month old plant dried out within a day because it got so hot.

[@GarryReyom]

SammMannPitts which campus?

[@jeanannd]

These little creatures were a favorite as a child. They were endlessly fascinating to observe. Even today I have a fondness for them.

[@cyndykrietsch9369]

I wouldn’t want to breathe out of my rear.

[@lunalgaleo1991]

That's called farting.

[@silkworm6861]

Great video. Let us not forget that the crustacea is a paraphyletic group and its crown group ("pancrustacea") includes hexapoda (i.e. insects) as well. So in fact, some crustaceans are more closely related to insects than to some other crustaceans. But the information in the video is correct, pill bugs are well within the clade that includes shrimps and lobsters.

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Interesting point - thanks for sharing!

[@neha-cn4wh]

Silkworm *flashbacks to horrific times in 6th grade science class with Ms.David*

[@asheg7454]

In England we call them Woodlice

[@perialis2970]

I remember finding 50 in a week when i was 8

[@monikea1aj22]

I picked up the giant pool bin with my family.. There were like 50 under it

[@JohnWickkkk]

🧢

[@Rupi1234ful]

You forgot to say that they're unspectedly cute!

[@fatfluffcat2313]

When I was younger I used to go out in my grandparents' backyard, find as many as I can, and me and my brothers would release them all in the same place. They always were very small, rather than having larger ones. We were always to scared to grab the bigger ones 😂

[@CorrineBeebe]

honeynutfellios me too I hate to grad the big one they look like evil so I grad the little one lol

[@necro7612]

SAME, but i loved the big ones, i sincerely was never scared of bugs, not counting with spiders, i hate those little eight legged devils

[@jasminc.5295]

@@necro7612 Wow! We're so different! I used to be scared of pill bugs so much! So I had to turn my back and like spiders. My classmates would think I was a tomboy since I wasn't afraid of spiders.

[@necro7612]

Now that is interesting xD, let me guess, you probably have a pet tarantula? I mean, i don´t have a pillbug, but i grew to actually absolutely love snakes, now coming home the fourth one.

[@jasminc.5295]

@@necro7612 Oh, I wish. But that poor little eight-legged creature would just stay in it's cage because of my sisters, so no, I don't have one, sadly. :(

[@cannedbread9684]

Here in new zealand we call them slaters

[@allthingswildlifeyt1218]

canned bread same over here in Australia.

[@aaronmarks9366]

These little guys are so adorable. I've loved them since I was a toddler.

[@DJ-lq6kt]

Pill bugs are so cute but once they're up close, I don't want to go anywhere near that thing.

[@TTstone616]

it's a crusty crustacean! 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

[@Troy_K]

No matter what you tell me they're potato bugs!

[@jamiekoenigstaff2533]

I'm with you!

[@Derrick2shot]

Thats right! I always called them that, and I even took notes on how to make Potato bug babies. I made a video on it.

[@Thrash_74]

I've always called jerusalem crickets potato bugs. Never heard pill bugs referred as that

[@iremainteague5653]

Where are they called potato bugs? Is it a west coast thing?

[@JRLB38]

I REMAIN Teague I'm in New England and I grew up calling them Potato Beetles.

[@zweetsouffle9567]

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

[@sidgrim2168]

"Conquer the earth"? lol, roly polies came from the sea to be eaten by my chickens.

[@Medievalk]

Sid Grim I remember collecting these as a child and turning them into balls before I throw them one by one into my grandmother's goldfish pond. Good times..

[@johnx9955]

They grow into an armadillo

[@mantidream8179]

Hand's down one of the most amazing and intrepid little critters out there, considering their evolutionary history.

[@artenman]

I love these little guys. I always walk around them and let them go about their way

[@SyntheticLTD]

Remake "a bugs life" then

[@jonathan1613]

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.

[@trickster7517]

when my sis first saw a pill bug she was like : wow! what a beautiful caterpillar! and i was just staring at her