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DNA Reveals How German Cockroaches Came to Dominate the World
(www.smithsonianmag.com)
The real third reich
They was bugs all along. Better for stomping.
They ratatouilled the Nazis just to reach the whole world.
I knew it. Inform the vanguard.
Typical german behaviour
Because they won cockroach world war 2?
“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
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.
By living in German cocks, obviously
Last time I checked the Soviets stopped German cockroaches' attempt at world domination
this post was submitted on 26 May 2024
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