I swear these things just keep coming back and coming back. I think they could survive a nuclear holocaust.
2006-10-26 20:16:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I'm not saying they keep coming back to ME personally, just in general. With all that has happened on the earth, they continue to survive, EVERYWHERE. What's made them so adaptable to all these different environments?
2006-10-26 20:25:13 · update #1
you can't call it survival bcoz you can't see them reviving from the pain they've passed... they're just many, bcoz of endless mating, resulting to newly born nymphs until they grow up and strike again.. another thing, cockroaches crave for food.. so they search for anything they could see in their way.. w/c are only food parrticles.. that's why when you eat cookies inside your room(w/ tiny particles falling), you discover the next day that a cockroach has entered your room..
2006-10-26 23:13:35 · answer #1 · answered by GeLo'14 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right: if a nuclear blast wiped out the entire human population of the earth, cockroaches would be one of the only species to survive because they are not harmed by radiation.
2006-10-27 06:57:22 · answer #2 · answered by olivegreen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cockroaches Can:
live for weeks at 4 degrees Celcius
Go without food for months
Run up to 5Km/1hr
swin underwater for 40 minutes
Survive Radiation that would kill human
2006-10-29 07:20:07 · answer #3 · answered by Mike 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cockroaches have been living since men lived on earth from time immemorial and they will stay here longer doin their things of scaring people when they are around the house.
2006-10-27 03:28:49 · answer #4 · answered by dodadz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have survived because they have quick reflexes and when you think it was stepped on, it scuttles away. If you want to get rid of them, poison 'em
2006-10-27 03:24:53 · answer #5 · answered by pokemon_jirachi555 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's because they've been through so much, sprays, poisons, exterminatings... they have just evolved and adapted to everything! Disgusting little bastards.
2006-10-27 03:26:54 · answer #6 · answered by Caramella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there is so much trash for them from us. And even before humans were here, they, like crocodiles were not fussy eaters.
2006-10-27 03:21:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF YOU GET SOME STUFF CALLED BORX ACID TAKE ABOUT 1/4 OUT AND REPLACE IT WITH SUGER AND WAIT ABOUT 1 MONTH YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERNTS AND ABOUT SIX MONTHS THEY WILL BE GONE IT KILLS THEM FROM THE INSIDE OUT.. YOU CAN GET THAT ACID AT HOME DEPOT
2006-10-27 03:27:51 · answer #8 · answered by sutters916 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try taking out the trash and garbage DAILY.
if there is nothing to feed on they will not survive.
its that simple.
2006-10-27 03:19:10 · answer #9 · answered by 987654321abc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they can lie dormant for up to 11 years and almost nothing but chemicals can kill them!
2006-10-27 07:09:09 · answer #10 · answered by that guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋