DESERT COCKROACH

Scientific name is Therea Petiveriana.

Other names include seven spotted cockroach or Indian Domino Cockroach.

These insects are roundish as compared to the regular cockroach.

Interesting facts about cockroaches

They can live a month without food and two weeks without water.

A cockroach can live up to one week without the head.

A cockroach can hold its breath for up to 40 minutes.

So much to talk about the prowess of humans!

Impact- Cockroach can contaminate food and produce allergens that can trigger allergic reactions.

Cockroaches have been around since the time of the dinosaur.

Any lessons from Cockroach?

“A cockroach can’t defeat a dinosaur.

But the cockroach is better at one thing, and it has ensured its survival through the ages:

Adaptation. One could adapt to the environment and the other one couldn’t”  

Georges St-Pierre

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Take care, my friend.

Namaste 🙏🙏🙏

Philo

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