Living Headless Cockroach eeewwwww
By Sweetpeas
@Sweetpeas (738)
Australia
April 12, 2007 5:43pm CST
Ok here is another useless, interesting, or informative bit of information and I must say this one creeped me out!!!
Did you know that a cockroach will live for 9 days WITHOUT its head before it finally starves to death!Eeeeewwwwwww, not for the faint hearted I would say and I class this one as errrr.....disgusting(ok a bit interesting)lol
Have you heard or seen? (I wouldnt know where lol) this before?
Oh and please dont try this at home, the thought of it is creepy enough;).
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5 responses
@inked4life (4224)
• United States
12 Apr 07
Thats nothing...George W. Bush has been running around for years without a brain....LOL, sorry couldn't resist.
That really is gross though. I've heard the same type of thing with chickens. After they get their heads cut off they'll runh around for a bit before dying...yuck.
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@MySpot (2600)
• United States
16 Apr 07
Yes, I knew that and it's one of the reasons I'm sooo grossed out by them! Did you know that they are asexual, meaning they can reproduce alone??? That means 1 can become 100 in a matter of time!
((responding via notify so sorry if someone has already said this...what the heck was myLot thinking when they made the response link direct? We don't know if we should be commenting or responding this way))
@Sweetpeas (738)
• Australia
17 Apr 07
Yes i heard that they only need to mate once to carry on laying eggs! Weird isnt it lol
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
17 Apr 07
well, this is really a good information to get. thanks sweetpeas. i never had any idea before about how long a cockroach will go on living even with it's head off. it's really amazing. thinking that they can last for 9 days without having it's head on. i thought it will just die without it... well, most creatures will die seconds after.
@4cuteboys (4099)
• United States
12 Apr 07
YES! Recently my husband shared this tid bit of information with me, I wish he hadn't! I dont know how they walk around like that, yuk! So discusting!
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@vwlssknght (653)
• United States
13 Apr 07
Ichabod . . . Ichabod Roach. I couldn't help myself. The thought of a headless roach running about for nine days is awful.
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