i'm afraid of my new pets.. GIANT African Millipedes UNBOXING, setup, care! Archispirostreptus gigas

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In South Africa we call them Shongololo's as well. As kids we played with them all the time. It's amazing that you work with all the big spiders but the Shongololo's freak you out. For me it would definately be the other way around.

Wow I never thought I'd see you squirm or say "ew" at any bug 😂 I've always LOVED millipedes and thought they were the cutest. I played with them all the time as a kid and called them my little friends. I'd love some giant ones 🥰

I've kept 3 of these for the last year in the UK. Firstly, wow they cost a lot over there, $150? I paid £13 for each one from the spider shop UK! Try feeding them cucumber, they go mad for it 😋 They poop when scared as well so pick them up gently and have tissues ready 😂 One of mine has just come out after being buried for 10 months so don't get worried If they disappear. Lastly they need rotting white hardwood in their diet as well as calcium, you can chuck in a cuttlefish or crush up eggs shells and sprinkle them around. Also good to have some branches/sticks for them to climb up. Enjoy, they are fascinating to watch ❤

The sewing scissors on the box!!! I winced so hard!

they are so cute wtf, them drinking water was adorable

I love that they just secrete cyanide when threatened. So cute, so horrifying.

I live in South Africa and my friend and I ride our horses in a nature reserve. I’m always the one at the back shouting at her not to let her horse step on these guys because they’re absolutely everywhere 😂

I am terrified of Millipedes, but it's cool seeing them featured as a pet. They just freak me out when I'm in the same room LOL

I just love how big they are and the fact the move slow when holding them.💙

That kid is in the perfect “I’m losing all my teeth and excited about everything” stage and I adore him. He’s so happy to share what he knows. I love when kids share so much like that.

Very nice! Some things I want to add is that they need a much much bigger enclosure, about as big as the millipede is length wise so they have enough substrate to burrow in. As for substrate, millipedes are detrivores- meaning they feed on decaying matter, so make sure substrate has at least rotting wood and leaf litter (I believe there’s a certain ratio of rotting wood to leaf litter, but I cannot remember) Another thing to keep in mind is that you don’t want the substrate to be too dry or too wet (that’s when temperature and humidity gauges come in handy) too dry and the millipede can dry out (that’s what happened to mine, unfortunately.) too wet and they can start to experience leg rot which is quite literally where their legs rot away from too much moisture :( As for Coco Fiber, I wouldn’t even risk it. Impaction can be fatal, so why risk the loss of a loved one, ya know? I hope none of this comes off as rude, I know you “specialize” in spiders mainly so it’s a learning experience with these creatures.

You need to use a millipede specific substrate so that it can eat the plant and other matter in the soil

me and my sister used to love finding little millipedes under rocks and stuff when we were kids, wed love to hold them and play with them. i was afraid of them at first but my sister helped me by calling them 'friends' and from that point forward for YEARS wed call them 'Friends'. didnt even know they were called millipedes till we were both like well into our teen years, when we didnt call them friends we thought they were centipedes lol. but i love these guys so much, tempted to get a big boy friend.

This is the cutest video. Your reaction was adorable. "They have scritchy legs!""

This is so awesome. I don't know why but I enjoy seeing kids explain about animals.

Don’t worry about them I’m 10yrs and I know a lot abt insects and I can assure you not to be scared and I’m gonna adopt some millipedes too my very first ones too! I’m super excited and I’ve been doing tons of research

My daughter got to hold one at the butterfly house here in StL a few yrs back! The guy that was showing her was SHOCKED she wanted to hold it. She's obsessed with insects. Thanks for doing this video!! She's gonna love this

The sound of their legs was amazing. ASMR for sure!

Millipedes I don't mind at all, they're cute...centipedes however? Oh my god I can't.