Heavy metal

Good for them for attempting to redeem themselves after what they did to my potatoes. But I'll never forgive them.

They may have fooled you with their cute little rolls and their ability to mitigate human pollution, but I see them.

Rolie-polies!!!

I used to collect these and keep them in a coffee tin filled with dirt (and air holes) they bred like crazy. I loved those little rollie pollies so much!

It was the 90s, insects weren't even on the radar of animal cruelty. Parents definitely weren't commonly teaching against it. Before anyone @ me. I disagree with it now.

so it goes into their bodies and when they die back into the soil?

Wait where do the heavy metals go after they die? Or do they just bind them in some more stable chemical form?

I keep a bin of dirt in my living room that has a thriving potato bug colony. They get fed veggie scraps periodically. One of my favorite animals