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
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 #1474571
Knodel1966, don’t forget in that 10 days it will probably lay thousands of eggs without its head
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.
Buzzem
Online sources say a week or less. Ten days is just wrong. Cool question if the answer wasn't wrong.
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...
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.