Killer Orthoporus! Well, kinda...

[Mastigoproctus]

This is a fascinating trait rarely brought up concerning Orthoporus, here is a quick video I hadn't uploaded in the past of this slightly carnivorous nature! BTW When I mention beef jerky I don't mean slim jims hahaha I mean old fashioned cured unseasoned beef jerky like home made. If you like this video, subscribe to my channel "ThePureLife" for more daily! Please share as well!

 

[dragonfire1577]

I can't see the vid its a black square for me.

 

[dragonfire1577]

got it now never mind thats pretty cool.

 

[dragonfire1577]

A while back I took a video of an orange head roach devouring a still living cricket it had grabbed onto. I thought it was super cool and surprising that a roach actually restrained and killed a cricket in an act of predation and reminds me of this video.

 

[Pipp]

I was told they can't bite! I could have sworn one of my smoky oaks was trying to bite me when I first got it XD

 

[Mastigoproctus]

They like the bacteria on our skin and our skin in general too! Ahaha

 

[ErinM31]

They like the bacteria on our skin and our skin in general too! Ahaha

Oh yes! And I think Orthoporus ornatus is especially prone to do so! I was handling some today at an expo, looking for a male and they weren't stressed -- no secretions -- but one was hungry and crawled up my wrist and began to eat!



Of course that is my silliness for letting it keep scraping away before moving it! Maybe I was curious how far it would go? Idk, I am weird!

Anyway, bought him and on the way home grabbed a bite to eat and shared a bit of hamburger! (Not something I normally feed my millipedes -- neither beef nor myself, lol.)

 

[Squidsalad]

I feed mine dead pinkie mice, and i'm not sorry about it. They love 'em! They eat the whole thing.