Iv'e seen a roach hide behind my hair gel bottle and he waited for a second then it sped off. They are so freaking fast!!! I only catch a glimpse of them when I turn on the lights. The real big ones scare the hell out of me?
2007-08-28 15:48:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
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2007-08-28 15:58:37 · answer #1 · answered by <3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roaches are not exactly smart. They are almost automatons, precisely programmed for survival and reproduction.
I too am scared of roaches, even though I know perfectly well they are not dangerous. A dirty nuisance, yes, but a whole herd of cockroaches couldn't hurt you.
Maybe it's the alien nature of their behavior that creeps us out. Kind of like the ones in the movie "Alien." but not so invasive. In fact I see some roach-like movements in those aliens; but real roaches are not parasites.
2007-08-28 17:26:21 · answer #2 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roaches are not smart, they are instinctive animals. They don't have enough brain to have anything approaching intelligence. They're fast because predators picked off the slow ones and left only the fast ones to reproduce. That's how natural selection works.
2007-08-30 09:21:10 · answer #3 · answered by SC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roaches have been evolving for a lot longer than people, and have gotten quite good at what they do.
2007-08-28 15:52:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋