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- A Roly Poly can live without food for up to 4 to 6 weeks.
- You can tell if a Roly Poly isn't healthy by its color, when it gets a purple/ blue color, you know it is not healthy.
- A Roly Polys average size is less than one inch.
- You can most likely find a Roly Poly on moist areas like rocks, leafs and logs.
- Roly Polys reproduce by parthenogenesis, meaning that they don't need a male Roly Poly to reproduce.
- Roly Polys have blue blood, they have haemocyanin in their blood.
- Some Roly Polys drink water through their anus.
- Roly Polys get rid of their waste by eating their own poop, it is called coprophagy, it allows them to get back some of the copper they lost.
- They primarily consume dead plants or animals, but they will occasionally eat live plants.
- A roly poly can live for up to 5 years.