Would you save a cockroach?
By wittynet
@wittynet (4421)
Philippines
October 24, 2015 1:34pm CST
If you were in my situation, would you save a cockroach? 
I saw a cockroach on the hallway. Some irresponsible tenants here don't know how to clean their room and when there's an insect like this inside their room, they get rid of them by sweeping them away outside of their room. They don't care if their waste is on the hallway. Sometimes I see strands of hair, accumulated dirt, papers etc. Don't know why they think the hallway is a trash bin. The care taker will clean the hallway but it's done every morning only and lately, the care taker fails in cleaning the hallway everyday.
So there's this cockroach that lays on its back and so many ants are trying to carry it. I ignored it. 
I love all animals and insects but I can't love a cockroach so I'll not save it.
I saw a cockroach on the hallway. Some irresponsible tenants here don't know how to clean their room and when there's an insect like this inside their room, they get rid of them by sweeping them away outside of their room. They don't care if their waste is on the hallway. Sometimes I see strands of hair, accumulated dirt, papers etc. Don't know why they think the hallway is a trash bin. The care taker will clean the hallway but it's done every morning only and lately, the care taker fails in cleaning the hallway everyday.
So there's this cockroach that lays on its back and so many ants are trying to carry it. I ignored it. I love all animals and insects but I can't love a cockroach so I'll not save it.7 people like this
11 responses
@wittynet (4421)
• Philippines
24 Oct 15
I salute you, @boiboing! 
I also rescued so many worms when I was younger. I pity them especially if there are so many ants that are trying to carry them. 
Seeing so many bites really make me cry. I always think if I were that worm, how would I endure the pain?
I also rescued so many worms when I was younger. I pity them especially if there are so many ants that are trying to carry them. Seeing so many bites really make me cry. I always think if I were that worm, how would I endure the pain?2 people like this
than that red person
dear you are doing good hope you will share your money with me
@wittynet (4421)
• Philippines
25 Oct 15
@Bluedoll, your response made me do some research. I found out that cockroach does not carry any diseases. No scientific proof to this. Also it's true that they are useful in a garbage heap. They say nitrogen which is needed by plants is trapped by garbage especially the decaying ones. Cockroach eats this garbage and in return, nitrogen is released thru their poops. Wow! What a discovery! 
Also cockroach are important to those animals like birds and other insects because cockroach is one of their food. Oh no! I wonder what their taste is. 
Also cockroach are important to those animals like birds and other insects because cockroach is one of their food. Oh no! I wonder what their taste is. @Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
25 Oct 15
@wittynet I didn't know about the nitrogen thing but it makes sense. I guess to birds, reptiles and insects their taste buds are different. Now if people keep the garbage away from the homes then everyone has a happy home. Nice research and written information by the way.
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
30 Oct 15
Nope, I'd just leave it there for the ants to eat. But those tenants should be told to throw their trash in a trash bin. Perhaps the caretaker should put a trash can outside the rooms or something.
@factorial (977)
• Philippines
29 Oct 15
I will kill a cockroach a million times if I can!
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Oh about unclean hallway? I was able to go with my best friend to her apartment and alas! I found outside her room some garbage! I think the caretaker should check the hallway three to five times a day and reprimand the tenants that could not maintain cleanliness.
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Oh about unclean hallway? I was able to go with my best friend to her apartment and alas! I found outside her room some garbage! I think the caretaker should check the hallway three to five times a day and reprimand the tenants that could not maintain cleanliness.
@wittynet (4421)
• Philippines
25 Oct 15
That's correct, @Fleura! What I really admire with them is they share food with others. They help one another to look for food and once they find it, they patiently carry it to their home. When I was a child, I wanted to check on their house. I wanted to see how it looks like and how they preserve food.
and I would never want to save them@wittynet (4421)
• Philippines
25 Oct 15
I also pity them, @Tita417. Of course, they never wanted to be the dirtiest but they're what they are. Maybe if they can talk, they will tell us that they don't also like to be a cockroach but they have no choice. Poor insects. No one loves them. 
Of course, they never wanted to be the dirtiest but they're what they are. Maybe if they can talk, they will tell us that they don't also like to be a cockroach but they have no choice. Poor insects. No one loves them. 1 person likes this
[OMG Can I just change my mind? haha. 
