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I'll just edit instead!

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[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 (4 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)

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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