Last Wednesday I officially started my new hobby of closed terrariums! Although it's not truly a closed terrarium yet because I keep opening it to let out humidity.

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The overly long backstory: So recently I've been watching a lot of random animal videos on YouTube. The algorithm over the past couple years is determined to slowly push me further and further from my cat video roots. I watched a video on domesticated silver foxes, which is an experiment that always interested me. This got me thinking about what animals I might try to domesticate if I was rich enough to hire people to help. There's a lot of obvious choices in mammals but then I got thinking about what non-mammals might be viable. Then I got to thinking about the pill bugs (isopods) I used to catch and occasionally keep as pets when I was a kid. What if you could breed them to be bigger and easier to care for? The isopods that live in my area are nowhere near the maximum size for wild isopods but they are easier to care for than a lot of the largest terrestrial species. It was at this point a couple weeks ago that I noticed terrarium videos being recommended to me, specifically closed terrariums that can be sealed air tight for years and still survive. Hmm... time to start planning...

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