Beastie Day

Giant African Land snails

Lives:     West Africa

Eats:       Lettuce, soft vegetables, nibbles cuttlefish shell to keep its own shell hard and strong.

Mombassan Train Millipedes

Lives:     Africa

Eats:       Very soft, moist fruit and veg. They have no teeth so need food that they can suck on

• Adult size is about 10 inches long.
• In general, giant millipedes have an expected lifespan of about 7-10 years.
• They have two main modes of defense if they feel threatened: they curl into a tight spiral, and they secrete an irritating liquid from pores on their body. This liquid can be harmful if it gets in your eyes or mouth so you must wash your hands after handling a millipede. Some people are more sensitive to the liquid than others, and some species are more "toxic" than others.
• They can be handled, and are quite docile and slow moving.
• They get along fine with others so you can keep more than one per tank. They do breed quite readily so if you have males and females together you may find yourself with babies. Male millipedes have modified legs on the 7th body segment called gonopods. These legs look different than the other legs (they have grasping claws) and are often carried tucked up under the body.
• Millipedes do not actually have a thousand legs - they usually have between 100-400 (2 sets of legs per body segment). Each time they molt, they add more segments and therefore more legs.

Chilean Rose Tarantula

Lives:     Bolivia, Northern Chile, and Argentina

Eats:       Crickets and locusts; sometimes a pinkie mouse.

Its bite is not deadly but is similar to a bee sting. The most dangerous thing about them is their hairs on their back. When they get angry they rub their hairs off with their back legs. If the hairs get in your eyes or mouth they can be very irritating and sometimes cause serious infections.