09-11-2013, 03:48 PM
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cockroaches have feelings too !
Or perhaps the MI6 could adapt this for eavesdropping on the enemy.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24455141
09-11-2013, 04:14 PM
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Aren't humans horrid! I watched a program the other day where they had flies in tubes, they shone lights at each end to see which way they'd go one colour was associated with aniseed & the other at the other end was something else. The flies had no choice but to stay in there walking up & down.
09-11-2013, 05:31 PM
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Nobody wants to see any creature suffer needlessly, making the creature endure having its back sandpapered and a blob of glue attaching what must weigh a ton to the insect on it's back, and all to see if it will turn left or right, cockroachs are pests but why make them suffer, maybe the scientists involved should learn cockroach and ask one which way he wants to go.
09-11-2013, 11:55 PM
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Oh come on, they are cockroaches! I stamp on them and poison them where ever and when ever I can but they still come back.
I wanted to try them fried at a roadside stall in Vietnam but couldn't bring myself to.
Insects might be the protein of the future.
10-11-2013, 11:13 AM
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I have to say I'm with Bruce here. I hate killing anything, I'm quite happy to shoo out, when possible, bees, moths, etc..........but mosquitos and cockroaches, especially cockroaches which to my mind are the vilest things on the planet, to put it bluntly, I want them dead. I can't even bring myself to sweep up a dead cockroach, the very sight of them makes my blood run cold. Those of you living in UK don't have the problem of a certain time of year when the vile things fly or creep into your house unseen through places where you couldn't even push a piece of paper. Our house is as cockroach proof as it can be, special traps in all water drainage appliances, everything that can be sealed is sealed, I even spray every piece of wick furniture underneath, just in case. In the last 3 years we have had only two found and they were dead, but one of our neighbours tipped out her breakfast of cornflakes and two live ones appeared out of the box. The worst time is when the drains are sprayed, or whatever it is they put down them, that has them running out everywhere. So sorry but for me the only good cockroach is a dead one, I hate them and they carry filth and disease and I'm sure nobody wants that.However I strongly disapprove of any animal or creature being used in experiments.
edited to add.....I believe a cockroach can live for 3 days even after it's head has been cut off, and no I haven't tried it. I did once pour neat bleach on one that was in the kitchen sink, it just went white and shot back down the plug hole !
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