Isopod Colonies Are More Fun Than You'd Think - (Homemade Porcellio scaber terrarium)

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  • @LifeinJars
    @LifeinJars  5 років тому +5105

    Pillbugs, woodlice, slaters, potato bugs, doodle bugs, sow bugs, armadillo bugs, boat-builders, butcher boys, butchy boys, carpenters, cafners, cheeselogs, cheesy bobs, cheesy bugs, chiggy pigs, chucky pigs, gramersows, granny greys, hog-lice, monkey-peas, monk's lice, pea bugs, peasie-bugs, roll up bugs, wood bugs, gramfers, chisel bobs, woodpigs, timberpigs, peaballs, pishamares, tomato bugs, chuggy-pegs, crunchy bats, billy buttons, parson pigs, chickypigs, choogeypigs, chiggywigs, charliepigs, slunkerpigs, penny sows, grammasows, granddad gravys, granddads, granny greys, granny granshers, croogers if small, granfy croogers if large, granfergravys, granfygroogers, gramphycoochies, gramfycouchers, cheeserockers, cheeseybobs, chiselbugs, cheesers, cheeseballs, monkeypedes, monkeypigs, sourbugs, slateybeetles, leatherjackets, dampers, billybakers, bellybuttons, nutbugs, ticktocks, flumps, carpetmonsters and ogopogos. :)

    • @rubricmarine6857
      @rubricmarine6857 5 років тому +1277

      All of these names and not a single roley poley.

    • @GoldNargacuga
      @GoldNargacuga 5 років тому +391

      Don't forget his last name Rodriguez

    • @rebmemer
      @rebmemer 5 років тому +400

      You forgot one: friends :)

    • @testymommy
      @testymommy 5 років тому +251

      My mom always called them iron pigs

    • @MrSoso1050
      @MrSoso1050 5 років тому +131

      Cochinillas

  • @Jrez
    @Jrez 5 років тому +4311

    "But you're not here for an existential crisis,"
    Dude, I'm watching a video about keeping a colony of pillbugs at 5am and have yet to go to sleep. We crossed that threshold weeks ago.

    • @harryl2232
      @harryl2232 5 років тому +58

      I'm watching it at 5:15 am

    • @seanathanbeanathan
      @seanathanbeanathan 5 років тому +40

      4:03am 😂

    • @mothermayihavesomebleach2129
      @mothermayihavesomebleach2129 5 років тому +28

      Jrezky: holy fuck same here lmfao.

    • @angelina9379
      @angelina9379 5 років тому +18

      Lol 3:03am my friend!

    • @Haybails720
      @Haybails720 5 років тому +42

      I always find my self watching these in the middle of the night contemplating why I exist. Then I see how happy people get over tiny bugs and get happy for them😁

  • @carson3546
    @carson3546 5 років тому +5122

    "The water looked and smelled like tea. Which isn't very surprising, but I was surprised."

    • @peekaboo9230
      @peekaboo9230 5 років тому +136

      Me every day ^

    • @beatrixthegreat1138
      @beatrixthegreat1138 5 років тому +363

      He has such a way with words

    • @dhaktizero4406
      @dhaktizero4406 5 років тому +94

      he'd just hot nail dabbed 30 hits of polyethylene. that considered, being surprised by tea is unsurprising. and absolutely hilarious.

    • @kevtlee08
      @kevtlee08 5 років тому +28

      That shit cracked me up

    • @baronjokes
      @baronjokes 5 років тому +17

      That was the moment I hit upvote and subscribe

  • @makenabloebaum9956
    @makenabloebaum9956 5 років тому +2929

    "Which isn't very surprising, but I was surprised." God I love his commentary

    • @missdimples1982
      @missdimples1982 4 роки тому +37

      Subscribed purely because I heard that comment of his 😂

    • @kyuzodono6898
      @kyuzodono6898 4 роки тому +4

      @@missdimples1982 Same lol

    • @Scrinwaipwr
      @Scrinwaipwr 4 роки тому +88

      "I boiled the leaves to kill any germs but I didn't boil the bark so what was the point of boiling the leaves, what's the point of anything?"

    • @AlbanianThrash
      @AlbanianThrash 4 роки тому +7

      this guy rules honestly

    • @jacobdavis5518
      @jacobdavis5518 4 роки тому +5

      @@Scrinwaipwr nail slammed firmly on its head indeed

  • @ifoldinhalfsoeasily
    @ifoldinhalfsoeasily 5 років тому +5403

    I am here for the existential crises, the isopods are a bonus.

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +379

      Well whatever floats your boat.

    • @stuckinaloop6637
      @stuckinaloop6637 5 років тому +118

      How long until they are ripe enough to eat?

    • @HeroG9000
      @HeroG9000 5 років тому +47

      I’m here for the isopod names

    • @Ghostdance13
      @Ghostdance13 5 років тому +62

      "So what's even the point of boiling the leaves? What's point in doing anything? What's the point of life?"

    • @derpychicken2131
      @derpychicken2131 5 років тому +19

      Ghostdance13 “It’s actually very simple. Isopods”

  • @MintyMoldArt
    @MintyMoldArt 5 років тому +2288

    “But you’re not here for an existential crisis you’re here for isopods “ is my new favourite quote

  • @doucheousmalfoy6119
    @doucheousmalfoy6119 5 років тому +904

    “Arguably, an even more important part of an Isopod colony, is Isopods”
    😂😂😂

  • @swingardium706
    @swingardium706 5 років тому +1398

    That reading of the different names for isopods was the best bit of deadpan humour I've heard in a long time

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +93

      :)

    • @pandaview2673
      @pandaview2673 5 років тому +7

      He forgot the British names for these isopods.

    • @MsCherade9
      @MsCherade9 5 років тому +22

      I grew up in Yorkshire calling them Woodlice.

    • @swingardium706
      @swingardium706 5 років тому +6

      @@MsCherade9 and I grew up in Lancashire calling them the same

    • @MrAXB3
      @MrAXB3 5 років тому +6

      We call them wrinkly trolls

  • @necasperaterent29386
    @necasperaterent29386 5 років тому +1136

    "Human beings - of which I am also one..." "Human beings - I am also a human..." Not suspicious at all........

    • @jam2190
      @jam2190 5 років тому +38

      Kinda like when zuckerburg said it!

    • @Reilly444
      @Reilly444 4 роки тому +24

      Oh my god he's the spider

    • @jeremiahclark3084
      @jeremiahclark3084 4 роки тому +41

      Yes, I also enjoy the human things. I love the breathing of oxygen, for I am also a human... loading Human.exe

    • @CzarKingRex
      @CzarKingRex 4 роки тому +26

      The more he talks, and stranger his edits, the more i suspect this guy of being a very comedic alien

    • @mahtimies3200
      @mahtimies3200 4 роки тому +2

      We all know he is just a giant isopod..

  • @lyricjam39
    @lyricjam39 3 роки тому +98

    I probably found out their favourite food. While resting from the sun after doing some gardening , I sat down on the grass, fiddling with my hands crushing some fallen flowers around me, a minute later I turned my head down and notice a bunch of "isopods" swarming the flowers I crushed (completely ignoring the regular flowers), so I did the same for other groups of "isopods" I found across the garden just to see them swarm stuff. Needless to say it was a productive day.

  • @Jan_372
    @Jan_372 5 років тому +1436

    When someone calls isopods 'bugs'
    Isopod: _sad crustacean noises_

    • @peanutlover5998
      @peanutlover5998 5 років тому +31

      I always thought crustaceans were a type of bug/arthropod

    • @koatam
      @koatam 5 років тому +74

      @@peanutlover5998 they are Arthopods. but there is constant debate over what the definition of "bug" is.

    • @peanutlover5998
      @peanutlover5998 5 років тому

      Koatam Gotcha

    • @zicuuu
      @zicuuu 5 років тому

      Oh ho

    • @goldenrule3264
      @goldenrule3264 5 років тому +37

      @@koatam it crawls around and has tons of legs that shit is a bug . if science says other wise they over thinking it .its a bug

  • @tailez606
    @tailez606 5 років тому +550

    "(I am also a human)" - thanks for the clarification, I am now fully convinced that you are a 100% certified human being and not at all an isopod or spider

  • @josephinek.8337
    @josephinek.8337 4 роки тому +477

    imagine chillin with your homies under a plant pot and then some human just picks you up and puts you in an entire new world

    • @nicolasleonnarino3159
      @nicolasleonnarino3159 4 роки тому +8

      Something like prison?

    • @jacks559
      @jacks559 4 роки тому +29

      NICOLAS LEON NARINO a prison that is a luxury compared to what you had before.

    • @nplt8263
      @nplt8263 3 роки тому +34

      @@nicolasleonnarino3159 I mean, captivity like the one in the video is pretty good for an Isopod, it can pass on its genes easily, there is no predation, and a steady supply of water and food

    • @dddf27
      @dddf27 3 роки тому +5

      @@nicolasleonnarino3159 Australia

    • @abckidscroblox
      @abckidscroblox 3 роки тому +2

      “A whole new world~” lol dunno how it made me think of that song 😂

  • @theshuman100
    @theshuman100 5 років тому +267

    you can hear the contempt when he talked about woodlouse spiders.
    "this eight legged ANIMAL"

    • @theshuman100
      @theshuman100 5 років тому +7

      also who calls them grandpa

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +40

      :)

    • @zecorho3978
      @zecorho3978 5 років тому

      Those no good, eight leg havin', roly poly devourin' sons of satan...

  • @pricerowland
    @pricerowland 5 років тому +444

    Things have really gone downhill for me lately, yesterday I caught myself boiling some autumn leaves. I never though it would get to this point.

  • @naturebrothers1844
    @naturebrothers1844 4 роки тому +281

    Once when I was little Rollie pollies we’re becoming scarce in my school so I used some bug terrariums and bred them.
    I then released them into the wild and some in our back and front yards. And now there are a lot in my old school and yards.

  • @TheFootOfGold
    @TheFootOfGold 5 років тому +823

    I feel bad for the isopod with the bit of shit on his back, he is a fool on parade and is completely unaware.

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +76

      Poor thing

    • @fabiano8888
      @fabiano8888 5 років тому +69

      Still less embarassing than the time Trump climbed the stairs into the Air Force One with a two meters long piece of toilet paper stuck under his shoe.

    • @laproserpina2620
      @laproserpina2620 5 років тому +4

      Hahahaha

    • @Reth_Hard
      @Reth_Hard 5 років тому +2

      Apparently, I am not the only one with OCD here...
      lol

    • @Tridd666
      @Tridd666 5 років тому +1

      It's food for later

  • @1965vw
    @1965vw 5 років тому +379

    When he was listing all the names he sounded like Bubba talking about shrimp from Forrest Gump! :)

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +23

      Hehe

    • @msyafik5168
      @msyafik5168 5 років тому +5

      Hah that nostalgic
      I want to see forest gump again

    • @underrateddolphin5941
      @underrateddolphin5941 5 років тому +3

      @@msyafik5168 that whas a great movie

    • @Thefuzzion115
      @Thefuzzion115 5 років тому +2

      Sierra 22 I’m sure it’s on Netflix? Get it rewatched

    • @mlpman246
      @mlpman246 5 років тому +1

      I was thinking the same thing.

  • @LynneAngel1
    @LynneAngel1 3 роки тому +2

    My child and I really enjoyed this video that you have created! She is 9 and is a PILL BUG fanatic. She's made 3 different terrariums for them! She gave them watermelon , cucumber, carrots , apple , potatoes and FRENCH FRY (lol) and out of all of them they seem to like the watermelon, cucumber and carrots best! She thought your video is "SO COOL"! So thank you and look forward to seeing more videos!

  • @Sköldpadda-77
    @Sköldpadda-77 5 років тому +187

    “But you’re not here for an existential crisis, you’re here for isopods.” I need that on a t-shirt.

  • @billzonblox
    @billzonblox 5 років тому +365

    "But you're not here for an existential crisis, you're here for isopods"
    this should be on a shirt

  • @theallknowingorbitalteapot1010
    @theallknowingorbitalteapot1010 4 роки тому +45

    "This 8 legged ANimAl specialises in capturing and DiSEcTinG" I love the details and emphasis on animal

  • @AceofSpadesss
    @AceofSpadesss 5 років тому +1031

    Girlfriend: let's get a pet
    Me: great idea
    *Brings in isopods*

    • @el0senor0wino0
      @el0senor0wino0 5 років тому +4

      lol

    • @isetta4083
      @isetta4083 4 роки тому +10

      If you're cold, they're cold, bring em inside

    • @CornCarson
      @CornCarson 4 роки тому +3

      If you're cold, they're cold. Put them in your mouth

    • @Wildstar40
      @Wildstar40 4 роки тому +1

      OH BOY ! Isopod stew for dinner tonight !

    • @rival3822
      @rival3822 4 роки тому +4

      All you need to do is call them Potato bugs and 99.9 girlfriends will be keen.

  • @crowofill-will2551
    @crowofill-will2551 2 роки тому +1

    I own everything from snakes, frogs, lizards, to a variety of insects, but my favorite pets have to be the 25 or so different species of isopods I breed. These little cuties are so fun to watch. You wouldn't believe how much personality they have. My dairy cows are a hoot.

  • @mybackhurts7020
    @mybackhurts7020 5 років тому +224

    My son had one of those gelatin ant farms and he put roly-poly‘s in it and pretty much ended up in his toybox about a year later we pulled it out and they had developed different shaped bodies and we’re still eating and surviving and we’re very pale

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +68

      That's crazy

    • @astick5249
      @astick5249 5 років тому +88

      They evolved. They are plotting to colonize the rest of humanity starting with you're house.

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +152

      I'm also a part of humanity

    • @jonathantucker7755
      @jonathantucker7755 5 років тому +87

      Your use of we're, as in "we are", had me thinking you were subsisting off of pill bugs and were getting very pale as a result. Lol. No offense, was funny.

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +41

      I only just noticed that, but that's hilarious

  • @PlanetBurner
    @PlanetBurner 5 років тому +75

    Your humor is so amazingly dry. I love it.

    • @david2869
      @david2869 3 роки тому +5

      So dry you could stick your uropods in and osmoregulate!

  • @shadowdemon553
    @shadowdemon553 4 роки тому +221

    Friend: “So what did you do during quarantine?”
    Me: “I watched a guy make a terrarium for pill bugs”

    • @reed2894
      @reed2894 4 роки тому +5

      And you loved every minute of it

    • @tatotaytoman5934
      @tatotaytoman5934 2 роки тому

      they're cute

    • @nickg5341
      @nickg5341 2 роки тому

      *gramphycoochies

    • @ryuuguu01
      @ryuuguu01 Рік тому

      It could be worse you could be watching after covid is over like I am.

  • @Shaden0040
    @Shaden0040 5 років тому +48

    For your substrate, add in sphagnum moss damp but not dripping wet, as well as Catappa leaves (Indian almond leaves), alder cones, plus some twigs and sticks, or bark and even palm bark pieces are good food for them. You can also add in some crushed eggshell for calcium for their exoskeletons.

  • @yukiomishimafan
    @yukiomishimafan 5 років тому +719

    *This earth is just a big jar and we are the isopods*

  • @tfGalvatron1
    @tfGalvatron1 4 роки тому +94

    I wish these lads were still big like in the Cambrian period. I just want to take a trilobite on a walk goddamnit

  • @erosdooma
    @erosdooma 5 років тому +771

    “I am HuMAn tOoOo”
    Nice try, robot.
    These damn AI getting smarter everyday

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +126

      This is not the response I expected. My attempt has failed.

    • @TaeThei
      @TaeThei 5 років тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @TaeThei
      @TaeThei 5 років тому

      @KB - 08MC - Camilla Road Sr PS (1353) its the random movement of microscopic particles in a liquid. Basically these little guys would look like they're alive but they're just moving cause of the fluid particles 😘😘😘😘😘

    • @TaeThei
      @TaeThei 5 років тому

      @KB - 08MC - Camilla Road Sr PS (1353) no prob 😃

    • @kilppa
      @kilppa 5 років тому +1

      That is exactly what a robot would say.

  • @rainydaze4409
    @rainydaze4409 5 років тому +510

    Me: Hey mom can we go out to eat?
    Mom: We've got food at the house
    Food at the house: 0:52

    • @cowmilk7293
      @cowmilk7293 5 років тому +10

      The Sentient Sardine lmao

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +20

      Haha

    • @misterzllamah93
      @misterzllamah93 5 років тому

      I see your a man of culture

    • @dull.4320
      @dull.4320 5 років тому +6

      Alright I have to admit that was pretty funny lol.

  • @darkfent
    @darkfent 5 років тому +478

    At this point I'm quite afraid how youtube algorithm smelled my existential crisis

  • @liammeharry
    @liammeharry 5 років тому +130

    Wife: honey, I've been thinking about having children
    Husband: hold on dear, we should probably see if we can take care of A COLONY OF ISOPODS before we rush into this

  • @mycathasswag7242
    @mycathasswag7242 5 років тому +307

    My jar is literally filled with parasites floating around in circles, on the top of the water inside the jar is a thicc brown layer of bacteria. Underneath is a yellowish water with a few plants that are slowly withering and they are covered in something that resemble dust. But it doesn't dust underwater right?
    I call it a post-apocalyptic ecosphere, and my mom wont allow it in our kitchen anymore.

    • @choso9909
      @choso9909 5 років тому +45

      Make a video about it

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +81

      Sounds awesome. Good name

    • @TheWay-u1n
      @TheWay-u1n 5 років тому +17

      i good laugh out of this ( :.. thanks

    • @randompheidoleminor3011
      @randompheidoleminor3011 5 років тому +21

      My friend put _leaves_ into his. And when the water turned brown and he got bored, he gave it to me. Being the very random person I am I proceeded to put 100 mils of kombucha solution I got from an aunt in it. *_it worked_*

    • @Leanne_w
      @Leanne_w 5 років тому

      Put it in your bedroom then lol, I wouldn’t have it in my kitchen either ha.

  • @Liam.caliber
    @Liam.caliber 4 роки тому +12

    “I didn’t boil these, so what is even the point of boiling the leaves? What is the point in doing anything? What is the point of life....
    But you’re not here for an existential crisis. “
    My dude?! You’re on a whole other level of deep ness that speaks to me hahaha.

  • @peekaboo9230
    @peekaboo9230 5 років тому +176

    3:45 “After an elegant landing”
    *Dumps them into habitat*

  • @SirZombieSteve
    @SirZombieSteve 5 років тому +173

    "Has bugs lost its meaning yet?" Knowing that they are in fact crustaceans, yes.

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +49

      It's mildly infuriating

    • @GoldBawls
      @GoldBawls 5 років тому +2

      aCkcHuAlLyyYYy...

    • @axjagfilms
      @axjagfilms 2 роки тому +2

      @@LifeinJars I was watching a Dr Who episode with strange alien woodlice, but they kept calling them “insEcts”.

  • @elliotburing87
    @elliotburing87 3 роки тому +13

    “Isopods go by many names, but they also have many enemies”
    PERFECT SEGWAY 👍😍

  • @EmbersDawn117
    @EmbersDawn117 5 років тому +351

    UA-cam Algorithm: "How about some isopods with a side of existential crisis"

    • @fierywolverine5044
      @fierywolverine5044 5 років тому +10

      It worked though, didn't it? :)

    • @bercor2387
      @bercor2387 4 роки тому

      No, we did not come here for that now didn we

  • @KawatanGaming
    @KawatanGaming 5 років тому +112

    "Now its time for another isopods name. Are you ready?"
    Oh no, not again...

  • @sirnikkel6746
    @sirnikkel6746 4 роки тому +162

    Isopods: Has their names.
    Me, a Nacho Intelectual: *chanchito de tierra*

  • @JingleJoe
    @JingleJoe 5 років тому +21

    I used to keep isopods years ago and want to give you some advice; The baby isopods WILL be able to crawl through those little ventilation holes. They will breed all year round as long as it is warm. I suggest putting some metal or non-organic fine mesh over the vents with a circle of hot glue or some other glue, caulk or silicone. (i'd go for a builder's caulk!) the babies start as small as a full stop.
    They prefer rotting wood and leaves to potato :) although I found they LOVE carrots.
    Also I think one of those woodlice may not be porcellio scaber, looks like oniscus asellus, but i didn't get a close enough look to be certain.
    P.S. I had an albino woodlouse for a while, it was definitely not a baby or white species, it was a pure white porcellio scaber! Good luck with your colony, this is fantastic to see and I really really look forward to seeing how this progresses, love your videos, keep up the good work! :D

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +3

      Thanks for the tips. Sounds like you had fun with them. They don't seem to be able to crawl up on the plastic. One's definitely a little different, I've noticed that one a few times. It might be Oniscus asellus, I'm not sure either.

    • @JingleJoe
      @JingleJoe 5 років тому +2

      @@LifeinJars I did have fun with them :) glad you got my message! the bigger ones can't crawl up smooth surfaces, but the tiny babies can. hope it all goes well for you! if you have any other questions, feel free to ask me, i am eager to help a fellow woodlouse-keeper :)

  • @baseafterbase1048
    @baseafterbase1048 5 років тому +122

    “Just to name a few”
    Also Life in jars: *says like 500 words*

  • @Axol_N_Krimm
    @Axol_N_Krimm 2 роки тому +3

    My respects for this guy for note all the names an isopod can have. Well done

  • @CherrysJubileeJoyfully
    @CherrysJubileeJoyfully 5 років тому +117

    ❤❤❤❤ I had one as a pet in the 80s. everyone thought I was crazy..... now it's been clinically proven but he was still a great pet.

    • @peekaboo9230
      @peekaboo9230 5 років тому +21

      “Now it has been clinically proven” Sorry that made me laugh hah

    • @pants6416
      @pants6416 5 років тому +4

      Me too. Both of those.

  • @ShaddySoldier
    @ShaddySoldier 5 років тому +116

    "I am also a human"
    I was convinced until you said that
    Now I am sure you are some sort of alien

  • @shapelesslord2
    @shapelesslord2 7 місяців тому +1

    i love these silly little crustaceans and how they capture the human imagination - everybody's got a silly name for them

  • @LordZanba
    @LordZanba 5 років тому +20

    They looked so happy crawling around in their new home.

  • @HakoYigarashi
    @HakoYigarashi 5 років тому +300

    I laughed when he mentioned he was a human the first time,
    than he mentioned it again and i got suspicious ~_~

    • @DanWoodTomwoodson
      @DanWoodTomwoodson 4 роки тому +1

      It would be interesting to work this into everyday conversation on a regular basis, everytime you would say 'Every one knows' say; 'As all humans know, and I say this as a human' and just see people's reaction

  • @nicksmith4052
    @nicksmith4052 3 роки тому +1

    I love that no matter where I skip to in this video I can almost guarantee that he's still listing some nickname

  • @aaron-gz
    @aaron-gz 5 років тому +167

    Disappointed in the lack of “It’s real isopod hours” comments

    • @rotanux
      @rotanux 5 років тому +10

      We live in a society where memes are quickly forgotten

    • @Deadly_Potato888
      @Deadly_Potato888 5 років тому +8

      *bottem text*

    • @Drip-Soup373
      @Drip-Soup373 5 років тому

      @@Deadly_Potato888 not any more

  • @T-Fyre
    @T-Fyre 5 років тому +240

    **names about 20 nicknames** “Just to name a few”
    Me: THATS JUST A FEW?!

    • @TheWolli1234
      @TheWolli1234 5 років тому +13

      But wait...
      ...there's more

    • @cringenics
      @cringenics 4 роки тому +3

      somebody count it *please*

    • @cringenics
      @cringenics 4 роки тому +4

      nvm 73 names, he said in the video

    • @soda3185
      @soda3185 4 роки тому +1

      @@TheWolli1234 no...

    • @duoblade332
      @duoblade332 4 роки тому +1

      *73??!*

  • @samshide611
    @samshide611 4 роки тому +34

    2:30 reminds me of “Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it."

  • @NvrchFotia
    @NvrchFotia 5 років тому +269

    When you ask for cheese balls but get isopods

  • @pappaperc4286
    @pappaperc4286 5 років тому +135

    "Dad, is there life in other jars?"

    • @xotl2780
      @xotl2780 4 роки тому +14

      Annnd now the existential crisis is total.

    • @PhantomKING113
      @PhantomKING113 4 роки тому +2

      @@xotl2780 If you think about it, what _is_ a jar?~

    • @adumbbuglovingloser3198
      @adumbbuglovingloser3198 4 роки тому +1

      Well son i saw the jar in your room the other day with a Rainbowdash toy in it...
      (If you dont get the joke please dont look it up)

    • @ryokiritani4187
      @ryokiritani4187 4 роки тому +2

      @@adumbbuglovingloser3198 there's no life there only despair

  • @tonytaurus3676
    @tonytaurus3676 3 роки тому +1

    My isopods started reproducing in a small glass terrarium with just some gardening soil, sage leaves, carrots and cucumber. They love carrots, so did the snails and bugs I kept with them. The young ones hide in the cucumber once it starts to rot. I let them all free again and now im starting a new colony. Also for the first time I noticed an isopod with its offspring under their belly. Cute and fascinating.

  • @Dakurlz0740
    @Dakurlz0740 5 років тому +16

    When he named all the different types it reminded me of bubba naming all the different type of shrimp

  • @Rhygenix
    @Rhygenix 5 років тому +554

    TIL: Isopods drink from their butts

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +84

      Learning is nice isn't it

    • @5mnz7fg
      @5mnz7fg 5 років тому +2

      Imagine you were an isopod wanting to drink a coffee to go.

    • @jaspersean6805
      @jaspersean6805 5 років тому +1

      Robert Tunstall BOOTY JUICE, BOOTY JUICE, BOOTY JUICE

    • @GewelReal
      @GewelReal 5 років тому +1

      Ah, yes. _Ass Water_ ™

  • @MusicFreak0426
    @MusicFreak0426 4 роки тому +8

    "You're not here for an existential crisis, you're here for isopods."
    I dont know why but I loved this.

  • @kilppa
    @kilppa 5 років тому +54

    "You are not here for existential crises, you are here for isopods."
    Aww, somehow that was very cute.

  • @noemoesenpai9954
    @noemoesenpai9954 5 років тому +126

    After an elegant landing...
    Meanwhile..
    Isopods perspective : WE'RE FALLING HARD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

  • @davidfueger6444
    @davidfueger6444 4 роки тому +3

    I truly wish my isopods were this obedient. Such discipline exhibited here.

  • @dylanwhitmer5325
    @dylanwhitmer5325 5 років тому +6

    Just commenting to say I've only recently (yesterday) stumbled across your channel, and I'm so glad I did! It's like the most relaxing, soothing yet entertaining form of content I've found. Great work, I am addicted to your videos, and can't wait to follow your growth (and the growth of all your ecosystems!!!)

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +1

      That's nice to hear. Thanks for watching.

  • @MarksmanMon0
    @MarksmanMon0 5 років тому +12

    Hey! i recently started an ecosphere from a Canadian lake and its really taken off! lots of hydras and Cyclopses, and even some daphnia alongside nematodes, even the plants have taken off. you're a huge inspiration man thanks for all your vids

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +1

      That's really cool I hope you’ll keep enjoying it.

    • @pamelasalas7662
      @pamelasalas7662 5 років тому +1

      Can you explain to me how you did it? I have a two year old who likes watching things😅 we have a fish tank and loves watching fishes move around it would be so fun to teach him and start one together

  • @terminajuju2662
    @terminajuju2662 4 роки тому +296

    So.. Here we are at 2:30am.. I never thought my girlfriend leaving me would make me that depressed I would have to watch a guy raising isopods to feel alive.

    • @ksoundkaiju9256
      @ksoundkaiju9256 4 роки тому +49

      Terminajuju Get the big motherfuckers that live in the ocean that are like the size of a footballand throw one through her window

    • @terminajuju2662
      @terminajuju2662 4 роки тому +33

      @@ksoundkaiju9256 That's one powerful idea, I like it bro lmao

    • @r.e.c.g.7107
      @r.e.c.g.7107 4 роки тому +35

      Dont worry terminajuju, girlfriends are like isopodos, there are tones in the backyard

    • @bercor2387
      @bercor2387 4 роки тому +2

      Just got back together with mine after a couple of weeks of fighting. We just had a long talk and this is the first thing ive watched so far

    • @crappyaccount
      @crappyaccount 4 роки тому

      @@terminajuju2662 2:38 am here

  • @snoutysnouterson
    @snoutysnouterson 5 років тому +7

    "Which wasn't very surprising, but I was surprised" 😂😂😂
    You are so awesome friend, I love your videos and silly humour 😁😁

  • @kennyscott1089
    @kennyscott1089 5 років тому +55

    Or as my daughter called them when she was young, Bungsluks.

  • @NexxuSix
    @NexxuSix 4 роки тому +2

    I’ve learned more about isopods in this video than all the years of playing with them. They were always a cool thing to have and play with as a kid. As an adult, I’ll still pick one up every once in awhile, and set it in my garden. Thanks for the informative video!

  • @tamsuskaralius835
    @tamsuskaralius835 5 років тому +7

    I'm really glad youtube randomly suggested your channel to me a few years back. I like your content.

  • @thesmoothdoran
    @thesmoothdoran 5 років тому +307

    "I'm also a human"
    yeah... that sounds like something a reptilian would say!

  • @aloistrancy.
    @aloistrancy. 4 роки тому +1

    I had a colony once, I used the newly hatched babies as a treat for my fish. I had a food mix for them that they loved, it was very open to mold which they enjoy. And ofcourse I had water tubes hidden in rocks for them.

  • @matheusmonteiro6911
    @matheusmonteiro6911 5 років тому +89

    "human beings, that im also one".... yeah man sounded like one.

  • @fernando47180
    @fernando47180 5 років тому +77

    When you need to stall to reach the ten minute mark, so you start reciting isopod nicknames

  • @ckiimyirhnski1056
    @ckiimyirhnski1056 3 роки тому +1

    I love these little fellas, the ones that roll into a ball are my favourites

  • @cheezegod928
    @cheezegod928 5 років тому +16

    The water looked and smelled like tea which isn’t very surprising but I was surprised

  • @carson3546
    @carson3546 5 років тому +32

    Lmao love the video. I died of laughter like every 10 seconds, and was educated in the process!😂

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +5

      Well that's exactly what I wanted to happen. Glad you like it! :)

  • @davidcleek7703
    @davidcleek7703 5 років тому

    I found one of your videos earlier and now I can't pull myself away from your channel. I am thoroughly entertained by the contend and you personality. lol

  • @blobbertmcblob4888
    @blobbertmcblob4888 5 років тому +55

    Isopods: Are called bugs
    Also Isopods: What in Crustacean!?

  • @carson3546
    @carson3546 5 років тому +193

    "What's the point of life?" ECOSPHERES

    • @kinglyzard
      @kinglyzard 5 років тому

      And FISH!!!
      Also, butterflies and reptiles :-)>

    • @randompheidoleminor3011
      @randompheidoleminor3011 5 років тому +1

      _42. The point of life is 42._
      _Or procreation. That works too._

  • @philipo9477
    @philipo9477 3 роки тому +2

    I used to have a farm of this little guys, and actually they are pretty interesting, I wanna start a new colony after watching this video 😜

  • @olie304
    @olie304 5 років тому +50

    THIS REALLY BE ISOPOD HOURS

  • @meangreanbean
    @meangreanbean 5 років тому +20

    "what's the point of life?"
    I love your channel

  • @jackmcgoof5549
    @jackmcgoof5549 3 роки тому

    The more names you read off the more exhausted you sound it's amazing
    Brb omw to get isopod friends in the garden now

  • @livin4life
    @livin4life 5 років тому +4

    When I was child I was playing with these 35 years ago my dad called them "poop bugs". I will never forget the good times, lol.

  • @mikecrews2713
    @mikecrews2713 5 років тому +44

    Your the coolest guy ever on youtube 100% thanks

  • @f.demascio1857
    @f.demascio1857 4 роки тому

    Last night I watched the rain water episode that led to the discovery of the isopods. I was looking forward to this episode.
    I like what you do. Spawning a new hobby for my overloaded hobby list.

  • @hadrian.2796
    @hadrian.2796 5 років тому +5

    This is now my objective in life whatever goals i had before this video dont matter i need a isapod terrarium

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +2

      Go out there and make one

  • @vincentgarcia6480
    @vincentgarcia6480 5 років тому +45

    Him: Tells us about something
    Also him: I don't really know

  • @djssquibbs3295
    @djssquibbs3295 3 роки тому

    I LOVE you're stuff man, you're awesome. Tomorrow I will go collect things to make a natural terrarium and collect rolly pollies feeling sooo inspired thank you

  • @cmoor8616
    @cmoor8616 5 років тому +44

    "Isopod Colonies Are More Fun Than You'd Think "
    "Well I haven't given that much thought."
    "Isopod Colonies Are More Fun Than You'd Think !"
    "Okay I'll watch.."

  • @Cinderpelt1002
    @Cinderpelt1002 5 років тому +66

    “The point of life is whatever you want it to be,”

  • @KT-Buf69
    @KT-Buf69 4 роки тому

    Super glad I found your channel. Love the humor you bring and the knowledge.

  • @seymourtheghost3020
    @seymourtheghost3020 5 років тому +60

    Nobody:
    Somebody: "Yo, check out my Belly Button terrarium"

  • @JPEGRUBYSOUL
    @JPEGRUBYSOUL 5 років тому +14

    In my country we call them "chanchitos de tierra" wich means "dirt pigs"
    I have a lot of those in my backyard, maybe i'll try doing this someday❤️

  • @isaacnazar
    @isaacnazar 2 роки тому

    I love your videos. The amount of detail and joy you put in explaining life is admirable. I also think you are smoothly funny.

  • @aurora_dawn123
    @aurora_dawn123 5 років тому +10

    I love isopod colonies, I have a super colony of thousands up to a million.

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому

      Really that's crazy

    • @jakobmorris1483
      @jakobmorris1483 5 років тому +2

      You should upload a vid to UA-cam, I've never seen anything like that.

    • @aurora_dawn123
      @aurora_dawn123 5 років тому +4

      I might consider uploading a video.

    • @chelloardra6271
      @chelloardra6271 5 років тому

      what you"ll do when the population explode? that's creepy

    • @aurora_dawn123
      @aurora_dawn123 5 років тому

      I keep allot of insectivores, so I have free food.

  • @FieryCoal
    @FieryCoal 5 років тому +7

    We have Woodlouse spiders all around my school, those are one of the few spiders that really scare me, they are giant and their fangs are MASSIVE

    • @MrRedeyedJedi
      @MrRedeyedJedi 5 років тому

      They are also aggressive and their fangs can peirce human skin. One of 2 spiders in the UK I'm affaid of

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  5 років тому +1

      Yeah pretty mean looking bastards

    • @FieryCoal
      @FieryCoal 5 років тому

      MrRedeyedJedi can’t most spiders bite🤣, but yeah, they may not have a killer venom, but they sure are terrifying

    • @MrRedeyedJedi
      @MrRedeyedJedi 5 років тому

      @@FieryCoal here in the UK, only two species can effectively bite through human skin to inflict a nasty bite. One being the woodlouse spider, the other being the false widow. Others here can very rarely if big enough give a bit of a nip, but those two are known to have nasty bites that cause reactions. The house spiders here get quite big, but you can pick them up, most species here have a very dosile, mostly fearful temperament towards humans, even false widows, although they can get nasty..
      The woodlouse spider? Forget about it, I won't go near them fuckers lol

    • @FieryCoal
      @FieryCoal 5 років тому +1

      MrRedeyedJedi haha, here in the US, we have quite a few spiders, most of em are pretty shy too, but we do black widows and wolf spiders, which makes anyone run when they see them

  • @Poeley
    @Poeley 3 роки тому

    I was fascinated with these as a kid, the way they curled up when they are touched and just roll out. I was so happy when Pokemon made a Pokemon based on Isopods!

  • @jakerubino3233
    @jakerubino3233 4 роки тому +3

    This is still my favourite video from you! The list of names gets me laughing every time. 👌🏻