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As woodlice are detritivores.....

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Jux · 04/09/2019 12:55

...and if you had a carpet which had seen the kitchen accidents of many years, if you got a (very) large herd of woodlice and set them loose on the carpet, would they clean it up?

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Jux · 05/09/2019 17:34

Coffeeandchocolate, I suppose if they had a good enough diet at work they might only be tempted to eat their own poo at home, as a treat perhaps? "Come on kids, daddies got some ripe poo for our supper tonight!"

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CountSnackula · 05/09/2019 21:30

@Jux I mean, it's good that you're incorporating their tendency towards cannibalism into your population modelling, but I have to ask: are you sure you can trust them? If they'll literally eat their children (or their friends' children), what makes you think they wouldn't eat you, too?

Jux · 05/09/2019 23:30

I'm not dead and rotting, nor am I fungus (yet).
I might be a bit big?
I'm their boss! They'll be far too scared of me to take a bite; I can tread on them if they rebel.

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