Facts of cockroach

Facts of Cockroaches

Cockroaches may look creepy but they are much more than that. They are very strong and skilled as compared to their body size.

Cockroach facts

Surviving and species

Cockroaches are living on the earth from last 359 million years so basically they are elder than dinosaurs. Over 4000 categories of cockroaches exist in this world.

Poor Memory

Cockroaches have very low memory so every day is a new day for them, with no memory of last day.

Fartiest animal

Cockroachas are also known as most fartiest species of all animal kingdom.

Colonies and tasks

Cockroaches Live in group. A set of cockroaches is known as intrusion.
Cockroaches are able to perform group decision. If a specific task regarding food they have to perform they split theirself into subgroups in equal amount.

Tough predators when it comes to live

They are very tough insects and it can survive up to 30 days without eating anything and without water it can live up to 2 weeks. Bacteria in the bodies help them to consume the nutrients of the food. Cockroach is able to eat or digest everything. A cockroach may survive a whole week after cut off its upper body or head. Their life ends in the condition of lack of feed or hunger.
Cockroaches are gifted with greater radiation defiance immunity than amphibians, birds and reptiles and many other insects as well.

Female's unique ability

Even female cockroaches are also very unique because they mate only once in their whole time and stays pregnant to whole lifetime. A female can give birth more than 400 babies at a single time.

Some unbelievable powers

It can stop it's breath up to 40 minutes. They can run so fast that it can easily reach of the speed of 3 miles per hour. Cockroach is able to run using just two legs and it can go up to the speed of approximately 5 foot in a second.

How it feel in some conditions

Cockroach feel good when a human touches it, but after that it searches to safety to clean itself.
Cockroaches feel desolate and they get sick, in the case of they are remaining alone for overlong period.

Cockroaches are bad for humans

Cockroaches are awful to patients though who are suffering from breathing problems or allergies.
According to research, species of short sized cockroaches can be risky on the other hand large cockroaches are not that risky or harmful.

Skin

Cockroach shed it's upper level of covering from the body just like a snake.

Some new discoveries

According to new discovery, a species of cockroach from USA is able to live in ice-cold climate.
A special kind of cockroach species named as leaproach holds the capability to jump(hop) very high and long.

Dirt matters or not for cockroaches?

If you think cleansing and purifying is a good option to get rid from cockroaches than you're wrong because these tiny creatures are more interested in water and meal rather than mud or dirt.

In demand

In various countries a lot of cockroaches are also used as pets.
In these days cockroach breeding is capturing more affection and demand in China. Fried cockroaches are also used to offer in China as street food. Many other countries fond to eat cockroach such as Bangkok, Thailand and many Asian countries.