What are they going to eat? Could they survive if everything else was dead? Or would some moss or lichen make it through too?
Hmm... trident replacement...
2006-11-30 10:50:06 · 18 answers · asked by Buzzard 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Cockroaches are just a susceptible to radiation as any other type of creature, more so than many types of insect. Cockroaches resist radiation 6 to 15 times better than humans do. They still die at levels FAR lower than that released by a nuclear detonation. See the link under source for an entire article on the subject.
2006-11-30 11:44:49 · answer #1 · answered by Jason 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've just read a book that states that far from being the last to die from a nuclear attack they would actually be one of the first to go. Apparently your average fruit fly could take more radiation than your average cockroach. Now if they could just survive 1000 C, 200 MPH winds and a year without the sun....
2006-12-02 05:06:42 · answer #2 · answered by greg m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once watched a program on the Chernobyl disaster and it showed that many animals and insects survived a massive dose of radiation so im sure cockroaches would survive !.
2006-11-30 11:07:49 · answer #3 · answered by Richard 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The cockroach can survive a nuclear attack.. but not the bottom of a shoe.
2006-11-30 12:11:54 · answer #4 · answered by Aaron_J88 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that they actually would survive a nuclear attack (heard it when I was at school).
Don't know what they would eat, although maybe if the survived, it might be because they are not susceptible to radiation?
2006-11-30 10:57:16 · answer #5 · answered by Mushin 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes Cockroaches would survive as there has been many test involving insects and high radiation.
2006-11-30 11:02:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Most likely, cockroaches, rats, earth-worms and ants would be
able to survive a nuclear bomb as they are better adapted for
survival than humans.
2006-12-02 22:40:44 · answer #7 · answered by CAPTAIN BEAR 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I read ir in a book that cockroaches, ants and rats would survive.
2006-12-01 05:02:30 · answer #8 · answered by danny c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is a myth. cockroaches would die from radiation just like anything else. This misconception stems from the fact cockroaches were found to survive in the hot parts of volcanoes and the radiation reffered to was heat radiation only, not nuclear.
2006-11-30 11:07:42 · answer #9 · answered by angus1745 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Im sure some other kind of animal could live through the radiation. If not, well then the roachs would starve to death, and die. So really nothing can live through the bomb.
2006-11-30 10:52:14 · answer #10 · answered by I Hate Liberals 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋