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HELP, I'M A WOODLOUSE - GET ME OUT OF HERE! (WOODLOUSE SHEDDING SKIN)

HELP, I'M A WOODLOUSE - GET ME OUT OF HERE!   (WOODLOUSE SHEDDING SKIN) by yeblit.
We were learning about classification of species, in particular invertebrates. The very next day when walking in Epping Forest we came across this woodlouse in a bit of rotting tree trunk. It's an arthropod and it is also a crustracean. As such it has a hard exoskeleton which it sheds from time to time as it grows. I have never seen this in my life before so it was quite interesting. I guess it was all transparent while he was in it, but goes white after he gets out of it. 

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radio4  Pro User  says:

Wow - thats very unusual!
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Randy Son Of Robert  Pro User  says:

Well, yeah, when they grown, their rigid exoskeletons don't grow with the, so they have to shed. Cool.
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Tatrattery-Happy Holidays!  Pro User  says:

Well that is just a cool shot! Creepy, but cool! lol.. something I have never seen before!
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doobrady  Pro User  says:

That's ace!!! Love woodlice - and this is a real corker!!! Look at the detail around his tail. :)
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Don Briggs  Pro User  says:

Cool detail but it has a big yuck factor for me !
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Austin Sullivan  Pro User  says:

Amazing
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pyza*  Pro User  says:

Hm... what's going on here? (sorry for being silly!)
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yeblit  Pro User  says:

description added above.
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marciw2008  Pro User  says:

Interesting info! He looks like a flat roley poley.

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