How to learn to stop worrying and love the cockroach

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Many people hate cockroaches, but did you know they can be actually quite clean — and might even help save the planet?

"There's some beautiful species with bright colours," Dr Latty says.Of these, more than 500 are native to Australia.Mitchell's Diurnal Cockroach is one of the most strikingly coloured Australian cockroaches.Some species exhibit parental care, giving birth to live young that they look after for up to nine months."They're living in these little family groups."The Madagascar hissing cockroach is one of the largest cockroach species in the world.

And it's not just in the bush. Even the pest species we find in the city play a role in recycling leaf litter and other green waste.Deep-fried cockroaches may save the day

 

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I wondered if this articale was really just be a couch for some great-reset, bug eating pleb shit annnnnd what'd ya know...

I’m sure that if they were pretty like butterflies we’d love them more

Interesting read!

Oh, I agree, they help keep us clean. When I see one it reminds me I haven't swept the floor for a couple of days. So after I kill it, I get a broom and sweep.

Never. To the death.

Nope

As a katsaridaphobic I should read this but no.... never

No

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