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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I'll just edit instead!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Cockroaches... as far as I'm aware, they don't contribute anything to the eco system, they're just pests.

Unfortunatelly, not even a nuclear war can erradicate them ๐Ÿ˜’.

[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (9 children)

'Cockroach' encompasses a wide range of species, the majority of which have no interest in living in a human's home, and contribute to the work of decomposition on the forest floor. Many smaller predators also eat them.

[โ€“] Chickenslippers 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just learned recently that there are over 3000 species of cockroaches and about 10 are invasive to humans.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

well let's get rid of those 10 then, the other 2990 should be able to pick up whatever positive effect those 10 species have without building nests and swarming our homes

[โ€“] Shanedino 1 points 1 year ago

That's really only German cockroaches that are colony roaches. At least in my region.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's an incredible statistic. Where did you learn that?

[โ€“] Chickenslippers 3 points 1 year ago

I was watching the streamer piratesoftware who before he became a programmer/hacker was in college for entomology.

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