(we were wiped out by an asteriod)
2007-01-01 22:26:05 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Cockroaches .... stubborn little pests those ones.
Interesting:
Radiologists have found that humans can safely withstand a one-time exposure of 5 rems (A rem is the dosage of radiation that will cause a specific, measured amount of injury to human tissue). A lethal dose is 800 rems or more (people are exposed to about 16 rems during their lifetime). The lethal dose for the American cockroach is 67,500 rems and for the German cockroach it is between 90,000 and 105,000 rems [5]. In addition, cockroaches can survive on very little; it has been discovered that cockroaches will eat the glue from the back of stamps.
Cockroaches can survive a nuclear blast, because they are resistant to radiation and can bury themselves underground, where radiation travels little. However, they are unlikely to inherit the blasted remains of cities in temperate areas: cockroaches need more heat than is naturally available in the wintertime.
2007-01-01 22:28:13 · answer #1 · answered by Jaded 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"if all human life on the eath was wiped out what would be the only species that survived?
(we were wiped out by an asteriod)"
hmm... given your question: 'we' implies 'humans', were wiped out by an asteroid... so:
an asteroid wouldn't destroy just life for humans... it'd kill a hell of a lot more species than the human one. But then, I am thrown in a twist... "what would be the only species that survived?" is that referring to 'what human species'?
But, if I just ignored all these idiosyncrities and by intuition knew what you are asking:
I'd say Cockroaches... them damned things NEVER die!!!
2007-01-02 06:32:44 · answer #2 · answered by Invisible_Flags 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Erm...well ALL other species would survive. Your question stated that 'if all HUMAN life' was wiped out - didn't mention other species so since your (hypothetical) situation only suggests that humans are killed I can only presume, from the structure of your question, that ALL other species survive.
2007-01-02 08:11:36 · answer #3 · answered by durulz2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we were wiped out by an asteroid, not a single specie will survive , not even cockroaches.
2007-01-02 08:05:39 · answer #4 · answered by Alchimist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this really a good question?? If all human life were wiped out, there would still be many thousands of species remaining.
2007-01-02 06:40:08 · answer #5 · answered by me 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Wipers
2007-01-02 09:42:25 · answer #6 · answered by Payam 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As I understand it cockroaches can withstand or survive just about anything....so I assume that they would be around...great...i would be the ruler of a world full of bugs...
2007-01-02 08:11:38 · answer #7 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mackums from Sunderland
2007-01-02 06:28:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
birds
marine organisms
insects
animals (except human being)
but u know if this happens then the nature will come back to normal stucture wit no loss of habitat
2007-01-02 06:38:24 · answer #9 · answered by gaurav agarwal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely insects.
2007-01-02 07:37:09 · answer #10 · answered by jacquesh2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋