How long can a cockroach live without its head?
Correct answer: 10 days
RuinedDwarf46032
a week is seven days, not ten duh
Player #25874027
Player #11536780,
Trump manages it
Player #1474571
Knodel1966, don’t forget in that 10 days it will probably lay thousands of eggs without its head
Iwonder
imagine being the person that discovered this. be like ok now let's chop it's head off and see what happens then!!
Player #28150989
Player #1474571, such creepy and nasty critters...hate roaches of any kind!!
VividPotion6704
Knodel1966, I believe they are one of the best surviving creatures and were around when dinosaurs were alive, survived the Ice Age, so probably not dependent on humans
Player #11536780
Do they have a brain? Can they survive 10 days without brain?
Kyle
Player #11536780, they have such a small brain and their bodies are mostly dependant upon multiple nerve clusters throughout them, so they don't really need the tissue in their head to operate.
SOS
The only good cockroach is a dead one IMHO (just kidding, I know they're useful creatures; I just wish they wouldn't come into the house & terrorise me🤪) Actually, indigenous Australian cockies stay out in the garden & bush where they belong...
Buzzem
Online sources say a week or less. Ten days is just wrong. Cool question if the answer wasn't wrong.
RottieMom1023
I can handle all kinds of critters that most people can't - spiders, insects, mice - I'll trap them and take them outside before someone else can kill them. But something about a roach is different. They got to go!
ShineyHiney
SOS, I've had that happened to me too...giant cockroaches at a corn processing factory...it IS terrifying
TWeezyA
Player #25874027, hilarious & so very true!!
toe jam
they don't need humans, but they like our food.
Player #98470393
I thought another contributor said a cockroach could survive for two days without a head, and they then explained why, as above
Phil 'sum guy'
Sorry, don't care if it's 5, 7, 10 days -it is still remarkable. Although I wish they weren't so common.
Cathy
RuinedDwarf46032, Where do you get 10 days from
Christine ~ RN
Player #25874027, Very well put! 😂
brillsgrandma
Player #11536780, Washington D.C. can. 😉
Lauri Vaitti
They live in this planet for already 450 mil. years!
cheena71
Player #11536780, Some people last their whole lives w/o one so....🤷🏽♀️
Chris Funktion 1
Player #11536780, so many people do
SOS
Player #28150989, I have a cockroach phobia, I hate them! When I see one I scream & they run towards me - absolutely terrifying!😱
SOS
Player #1474571, Horrifyingly gross thought!😱
Bdnh85
7 days. There is no answer for 7.
Vamcan
RuinedDwarf46032, well its definitely not 24 hours or 2 minutes so no excuse.
Player #29894388
RuinedDwarf46032, about a week
Vladimir
They die of thirst, but they don't die of hunger. Great..
Player #000001
RuinedDwarf46032, about
Player #3598663
SkilledVirus11, Bitter much?
Clown Boss
maybe they just don't know they're thirsty
Sandx
Love the nature questions! Please use them more!
RarStowRaggy8981
RuinedDwarf46032, I can't help but laugh that I missed that, but it does say "about a week" which ten days is roughly... But only roughly
Leigh
They have and will always make me cringe!! They flat out freak me out!!😨😱
MetallicSpider32623
Knodel1966, they were here long before us and will be after us. They don't need humans.