2007-06-23 07:33:04 · 11 answers · asked by skateboardboi 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
As a species, yes. Cockroaches have proven more resistant to radiation poisoning and mutations than humans. They would fair much better in world contaminated by radioactive fallout than we would.
As for any given individual cockroach, it would be vaporized if it were to close to ground zero of a nuclear explosion, just like any man or animal. So dropping a bomb on a roach would be just as effective as stomping on it.
2007-06-23 07:44:54 · answer #1 · answered by stork5100 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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).
Insect researchers have found that cockroaches can tolerate a much higher dose -- really higher! 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 (YIKES!!!!!).
In truth the amount of radiation that cockroaches can withstand is equivalent to that of a thermonuclear explosion.
2007-06-23 07:42:28 · answer #2 · answered by Som™ 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
don't know, never been in a nuclear war, and if i had, the last thing i would be looking to see if it made it, would be a cockroach.
2007-06-23 07:45:35 · answer #3 · answered by gone fishing! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-06-23 07:35:54 · answer #4 · answered by Toddacanda 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Skrew the cockroaches we need to get rid of chickens and roosters. Theyre going to take over the world.
2016-05-18 03:28:59 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. And they can also live forever without their heads. The only reason they die after 10 days is that they can't eat or drink.
2007-06-23 12:17:39 · answer #6 · answered by Ben S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes cockroaches and Cher
2007-06-23 14:05:13 · answer #7 · answered by Jer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, for awhile anyway.
2007-06-23 07:35:37 · answer #8 · answered by Wulfie 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, they can only withstand the fallout not the bomb itself
2007-06-24 13:17:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know and don't want to find out.
2007-06-23 07:41:51 · answer #10 · answered by jack of all trades 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋