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minus-square42yeahlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·4 months ago “The German cockroach can’t even fly,” Qian Tang, lead author of the study and an evolutionary biologist at Harvard University, I dunno about that
minus-squareCaptnNMorgan@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoHave you seen one fly? They have wings but the only time I’ve ever seen a roach fly was at school and it was way too big to be german
minus-squareUndaunted@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoSome of us Germans can be incredibly big so I wouldn’t be sure about that either.
minus-squarecheesymoonshadow@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoI grew up in the Philippines. I don’t know what kind we had there but they were big (1.5-2" in length) and they definitely flew.
minus-squareCaptnNMorgan@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoGerman cockroaches don’t get nearly that size
minus-squareAlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThere is a type of cockroach that can fly, if it’s hot and humid enough. It lives in Florida, along with many other places.
I dunno about that
Have you seen one fly? They have wings but the only time I’ve ever seen a roach fly was at school and it was way too big to be german
Some of us Germans can be incredibly big so I wouldn’t be sure about that either.
I grew up in the Philippines. I don’t know what kind we had there but they were big (1.5-2" in length) and they definitely flew.
German cockroaches don’t get nearly that size
There is a type of cockroach that can fly, if it’s hot and humid enough. It lives in Florida, along with many other places.