Neil Hopcroft

“Some grow wings pincers or stings, the mass remain as roaches“

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aperrott

2005-05-16 at 21:07

I find this sort of research troubling in so many ways. :-(

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- dmh
  
  2005-05-16 at 21:39
  
  Never did I think I’d feel sorry for a roach.
  
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- neilh
  
  2005-05-16 at 22:04
  
  “I know, wouldn’t it be a great idea if we could balance a roach on a trackball…?”
  
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  - mr_flay
    
    2005-05-16 at 22:18
    
    “We’d have to put some velcro contraption on his head to hold him there, though…”
    
    That is interesting, but wrong-headed at the same time. Interestingly, if you remove a cockroach’s head (according to The Red Hourglass, by Gordon Grice), it will still function blindly but normally until it dies of starvation. That would scupper their research, methinks.
    
    I still can’t feel that sorry for the bugger though, having found more than a few in a cabin I was kipping in in Guatemala…
    
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    - aperrott
      
      2005-05-17 at 07:23
      
      I’d cheerfully exterminate any number of roaches if they were infesting my home, but depriving one of its freedom like this seems cruel to me.
      
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daevid

2005-05-17 at 07:52

Gregor lives :D

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