bizzare facts

@riyasam (16556)
India
February 18, 2009 10:31am CST
i have heard that a cockroach can live for about a week ,even if its head is cut off.(i dont know how much of this is a fact).can you share some of such wierd facts??????
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11 responses
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
19 Feb 09
Yakkk I hare cockroaches and would kill anyone that goes my way. And yes they have such a very long life span even after their head have been cut off. According to my research it is because they they not like mammals whose breathing is controlled by brain and have blood pressure. Cockroaches have no blood pressure unlike us and their breathing is not regulated by their brain. However although they still live for as long as a week sans the head they will eventually die of dehydration and starvation.
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
19 Feb 09
yuck!!the feelings the sams,salonga,it was difficult for me to deal with the normal ones,to think i have to deal with the headless ones now.
• Philippines
18 Feb 09
yeah, that's right. cockroaches do have great "nine lives". They can re-live even if you think you have killed them using insecticides. i hate cockraoches. Their smells sucks and they bring many diseases. I usually kill them using my sliippers. I'm not afraid to kill them.
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
19 Feb 09
well...well...... i did gain some knowledge today,i thought only cat had nine lives......
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
19 Feb 09
cockroaches don't have blood, they have something that looks like a paste inside. there is a fish that has two bellies
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
19 Feb 09
lol I didn't catch on at first, pike fish lol
@p1kef1sh (45681)
19 Feb 09
No need to be personal Carol! LOL. I'm working on them though!
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@annjilena (5618)
• United States
20 Feb 09
cockroaches are just nasty i know if you pull a leg off they can heal from injuries just like us.i hate them roaches they nasty i wonder whats there purpose in life they walk on your food and drop crap on your food they just nasty.if you have roach problem please take care of it you seen one you have a 1000 roaches.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
18 Feb 09
Hah..this is news to me riya. I hope to get the facts from other responses you get here.
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
19 Feb 09
yuck zandi,imagining a cockroach without is making me want to puke.
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
18 Feb 09
sperm whales are now known as "box head whales"
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
18 Feb 09
alright, alright, i'll throw you a REAL weird fact. did you know polar bears are not really white??? their skin is black, and their fur is actually transparent, but it reflects sunlight making them look like they're white. what??? ........you don't believe me??? very well: http://www.wisegeek.com/contest/what-color-is-polar-bear-fur.htm
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
19 Feb 09
somebody from mylot had told me about this fact.ofcourse ,i didnt beleive them.now,that informatipn in the link sounds to be true.
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
19 Feb 09
i thought you were gonna tell me your flash reader didn't work so you couldn't see the web page in the link.
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@biggerb (2024)
• India
19 Feb 09
Hi! Here are some bizzare facts. 1.The two foot long bird called a Kea that lives in NewZealand likes to eat the strips of rubber around car windows. 2.A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace old teeth. 3.The sloth( a mammal) moves so slowly the green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur. 4.A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.
@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
19 Feb 09
I did not know about it. Thanks for sharing the information. I know that I will not survive for a moment if some one chops off my head.............LOL!
@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
20 Feb 09
I've heard the same thing, but as interesting as it is disgusting, did you know that if you open a potato bug, there is a worm inside. Is that gross or what?
@acevivx (1566)
• Philippines
19 Feb 09
I don't think it's true that cockroaches can live even for a day after their head is cut off. i know because i really hate those bugs and i don't miss An opportunity to step on a roach and grind my foot on its head. And believe you me, they don't live another day. Much less for one whose head is cut off. Speaking of weird, i don't know if this is weird but lizards whose tails are cut off can grow them back to the same length. I wish humans can do the same thing if a limb is cut off.
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
19 Feb 09
huh?riyah where did oyu get this info?hehehe thats strange no more head but still alive.sorry dont have weird things to share