Hi everyone. This is Christian Weatherford. And this is Ellen Weatherford.

And you're listening to Just the Zoo of Us, a podcast where we rate your animals, both favorite and opposite of favorite.

What's the opposite of favorite?

Christian Quick. Hit me with that.

Extreme dislike.

So we take those animals and we give them a rating out of 10 for three categories.

I don't remember if we mention those categories here or not.

But just in case we do, here it is future Ellen.

Effectiveness, ingenuity, and aesthetics.

I'm bringing good energy.

Christian and I are not zoological experts, but we do a lot of research to get ready for the show. And we make sure that the information we're giving you is reliable and it comes from good sources. So feel free to reach out to us if you are an animal expert and want to chit-chat about anything we've gone over on the show. We really love that. Yes, and a lot of you are actual zoological experts.

And we love you. Well, last week, you talked about the Mada Mata Mata Turtle, and you went

first. So this week, it's my turn to go first.

Excellent. What do you have for us this week?

This week, I am talking about an animal that I'm pretty sure almost everybody in the United States probably

has some hands-on experience with, but probably doesn't actually know very much about.

Oh.

This is the Roli Polly.

Ah.

Some other names you might know the Roli Polly by are the Pillbug, the Doodlebug, or the woodlouse. I do like the name doodlebug. Yeah, you know, I keep seeing references to it, but I don't know of anybody around here who calls them that. It might be a regional thing. Yeah, for context, we live in Florida, and I don't know of anybody here who calls them doodle bugs. But the name that I have always known

them by is roly polis. So that is the name that I will be using for them for the entirety of the

segment and also my life. So sorry. The scientific name for the rolypoly is armadilidium vulgari.

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