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nature's proof of concept for surviving anything, including your kitchen light flicking on.
means a family of ancient, flattened insects built for squeezing into cracks and eating literally anything organic.
from from spanish cucaracha, mangled by english sailors into cockroach around the 1600s; the insects themselves predate the word by roughly 300 million years.
radiation tolerancesurvives far higher doses than humans can withstand
headless survivalcan live for weeks without its head
species countover 4,600 species, only about 30 bother humans
speedcan sprint nearly 3 miles per hour
for instance
german cockroach — the one in your kitchen, breeds fastest of all urban pests
madagascar hissing cockroach — hisses through its spiracles, popular in classrooms and horror films
american cockroach — despite the name, actually african, can fly short distances