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[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They excrete ammonia through their exoskeleton because they don't actually pee! I've only noticed a smell from them when they're in large groups. They may be a bit smelly, and a lot of people mislabel them as insects, but they're actually terrestrial isopods and are related to crabs and shrimps!

[โ€“] zalgotext 6 points 2 weeks ago

Welp, that explains why the Netherlands calls these bugs "bedpissers"