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[-] ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz 35 points 3 days ago

Cockroach milk is sourced from the Pacific Beetle cockroach, a type of roach that gives birth to live offspring and produces 'milk', which it feeds its embryos through a 'brood sac' (essentially a cockroach womb). There is, in fact, no actual 'milking' involved: scientists need to carve out the cockroach’s gut in order to access the milk, which is in the form of crystals.

[-] Oneser@lemm.ee 19 points 3 days ago

That's somehow even worse than my original mental image. Great work science!

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Not worse as the insect shit we eat in the morning, called Honey.

[-] nomy@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago

Delicious bee puke, i can't wait to do a line of roachmilk.

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Maybe some recipes or how to make cheese.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago

So we could smash those up and snort them, could we not?

[-] EySkibidiBabBab@feddit.dk 10 points 3 days ago

Nothing like snorting a fresh line of crystalized cockroach gut milk in the morning to start the day off right 🥰

[-] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Snort milk every day

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

snorting is so...21st century.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 3 days ago

Damn. I figured it was just grinded up cockroaches.

this post was submitted on 05 Mar 2025
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