1. #You may have heard the myth that a cockroach can live without its head. Well—it's true! According to the National Pest Management Association, a headless cockroach can live for weeks, moving about, reacting to touch, and exhibiting other basic behaviors. That's because the insect breathes not through the nose and mouth like we do, but through openings along the body....
2. #Believe it or not, there are well over 4,000 different types of cockroaches—that we know about. Some estimates suggest we've discovered only about half the total number of species. Though most live in the wild, at least a few tenacious species have become uncomfortably common, extremely unwelcome guests in our houses and apartments. Curious about these creepy-crawly critters? Click through for seven astonishing facts you won't want to believe....!
3. #The German cockroach, which is brown with two stripes behind its head, ranks among the most abundant in the United States. That may be because, at any given time, a female of the species can be carrying 40 eggs. With an incubation period that lasts only three weeks, one German lady roach can hatch up to 700 baby roaches in the course of a year....
4. #If you thought the roach you spotted last night was oversize, wait until you get a load of this: The wonderfully named rhinoceros cockroach is the heaviest in the world, typically weighing more than one full ounce. It's also one of the longest-living of all insects, with an average lifespan greater than 10 years. The good news? Also known as the giant burrowing cockroach, this Australian species inhabits networks of tunnels underground and out of sight....
5. #Cockroaches will eat just about anything. In sewers, cockroaches feed on waste; in forests, they consume dead trees. In houses and apartments, cockroaches first pursue things like cheese, meat, baked goods, and sweets, but they also eat cardboard and book bindings, dead and crippled cockroaches, and even human fingernails and toenails. Being nocturnal, cockroaches search for food at night, starting out close to their dark, dank hiding spots....
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