Do you know...
By super_jj
@super_jj (1416)
Philippines
October 13, 2008 2:04am CST
...that a headless cockroach will live for about a week until it dies of thirst? That's because roaches do not need their head to breathe -- oxygen is absrobed through spiracles (the insect version of gills) on their body -- and they can survive for a month without food.
Guess that's why they're everywhere. Hehehehehehehe.
Just a wierd info from you friendly neighborhood super jj.
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@Roseo8 (2947)
• India
13 Oct 08
Hello super_jj...I dont know about headless cockroaches surviving without a week....But I suppose its true that cockroaches breathe trough their gills because I have found out ,by trial and error methods,that the best way to kill a cockroach is to turn it upside down and pouring some oil on its body.......
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
13 Oct 08
Oh yes I know. I know that pest has a very long life and could not be easily exterminated. Oh my God...just imagining them brings my hair to stand. Yakkkkkkkk! I hate them so I am very particular with my surroundings especially the kitchen. I keep them spik and span to avoid these pests! Yakkkkkkkk!
@rahulnene (19)
• India
13 Oct 08
yeah..dirty but one of d strongest for survival...
they can easily survive in sub-zero temperatures..thats why they can live in ur refrigerators..
they can live in high temps. and they can survive radiations..they say that after a nuclear blast,only cockroaches can survive!!
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