My firend says he found a woodlouse in his bedroom so he put it in a jar with some leaves and a stick...?

Question

...a week later after feeding it rasberries and coconut shell he says it grew into a turtle. Is he making this up?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

Woodlice may look like insects, but in fact they're crustaceans and are related to crabs and lobsters. It’s thought there are about 3,500 species of woodlice in the world, and 35-40 of these can be found in the British Isles. Woodlice are sometime called pill bugs and slaters. The pill woodlouse gets its name because it can roll itself up into a ball.

Woodlice like damp, dark places and can be found hiding in walls, under stones and in compost heaps. Some species such as the common sea slater are only found on the coast.

A woodlouse has 14 legs and an outer shell called an exoskeleton. When a woodlouse grows too big for its exoskeleton it has to moult to allow a new shell to take its place. Moulting takes place in two stages, first the back half is shed and a day or so later the front half falls off.

Pill woodlouse on a wallThey have a pair of antennae to help them find their way around, and two small ‘tubes’, called uropods, sticking out the back of their bodies. The uropods help them navigate and some species use them to produce chemicals to discourage predators. Most woodlice are found on land, but their ancestors used to live in water and woodlice still breathe using gills.

Woodlice eat rotting plants, fungi and their own faeces, but they don’t pee! They get rid of their waste by producing a strong-smelling chemical called ammonia which passes out through their shells as a gas.

After mating, females carry their fertilised eggs in a small brood pouch under their bodies. The young hatch inside the pouch and stay there until they are big enough to survive on their own.

A common woodlouse can live for 3-4 years. Apart from man, its main predators are centipedes, toads, shrews and spiders.

Answer 3

I think your friend is playing an late april fools day joke because it is completly impossible. it is like saying if i fed a rabbit some cat food it will turn into a cat. If I were u I would ask your friend about it and say he shouldn't keep animals in jars!!!

Answer 4

I've done the same thing. If he now switches the turtle onto a diet of fresh cream and cabbage, it'll turn into an aardvark in less than a month.

Answer 5

I'd say yes, but you never know maybe it was a magic woodlouse

Answer 6

Of course he's making it up. That's impossible! But it's very cute he wanted to look after it. Although he should've just set it free.

Answer 7

O course he is. Did he tell you this on April 1st or did he think you might be an April Fool on any day?

Answer 8

No, it's true.

I had a chicken once and all I fed it was cat food and it turned into a Lion.

Answer 9

pmsl!!
your pic looks like george michael
and yes your mate is lying
u are gullible

Answer 10

Yes - why waste 5 points asking that????