Creepy Cockroach Courtship 10

Ewwwww…. I am still making a “scrunchy” face and shuddering over watching this three-minute documentary from National Geographic on cockroaches and their mating ritual. However, it was something I did not know and most definitely had not witnessed up close and personal – so I found it actually rather fascinating.

If you can stomach three minutes of watching thousands of these radiation-resistant creatures scurrying around, it is worth watching. Very interesting and educational. But this is still the only creature I will purposely stomp on when I see them.

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10 Comments

  1. Dynamically designed to withstand nuclear blasts or not, I spent several years living in Texas with cockroaches as a mainstay even in multi-million dollar mansions. They are a “pleasure” no one escapes in the Houston humidity. They have Tree Roaches trhere that occasionally get into your house that are @4-5″ long and are large enough to carry away small children. I agree with V.Lyn..uck…yuck..yuck etc.!
    PKC

    • LOL! Yeah, I lived for two years in Birmingham (hated it – so much racism), and had to learn to live with what they called “wood roaches.” They were in the basement where it was moist and dark. Big enough to saddle and ride. And when I’d turn the light on, they wouldn’t scurry away like most household roaches. They’d look back at me as if they were saying, “HEY! Do you MIND? Turn that damn light back off.”

  2. I have a natural impulse to squash spiders but I’m learning to control that. Cockroaches, however… nope. They are squashed whenever I see one, no questions asked. Just… gross. And no, I didn’t watch. Sorry… I couldn’t. LOL

  3. amazing prehistoric creatures…will be around long after we’re gone. next time you eat a lobster turn it over and take a good look at it…it’s definitely a relative. (and i sincerely hope i haven’t put you off lobster) as it is, most of the world eats bugs…solid protein. we will soon too. anyway, continue…

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