cockroaches
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A Cockroach Can Bite Five Times Stronger Than A Human
The cockroach is a resilient little beast, and now it turns out they have the proverbial jaws of death. They can bite with a force 50 times stronger than their own body weight, and with five times more force than a human being.
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Cyborg Cockroaches Could Be Used To Save Trapped Humans
Controlling cockroaches with electrical ‘backpacks’ is one of those science experiments that’s simultaneously quite cool and ethically a little bit grey. What might make you feel better, though, is the knowledge that those remote-controlled cockroaches may save your life if you ever get trapped inside a burning building.
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A Million Cockroaches Escaped From A Chinese Farm And Are On The Move
According to the Agence France-Presse, “at least” one million cockroaches escaped a nursery in Jiangsu, China where they were being farmed for traditional medicine applications like cancer and inflammation treatments. The bugs got away because of an “unknown perpetrator” who tampered with the plastic greenhouse where they were being raised.
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This Arctic Spray Freezes Cockroaches For Easy Disposal
If the thought of smooshing, crushing, smashing, squishing, or even touching a cockroach grosses you out, a Japanese company called Fumakilla has come up with a better way to dispose of them. Taking inspiration from Vader’s carbonite chamber, this aerosol can literally freezes them in their tracks.