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minus-square@42yeah@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish16•1 month ago “The German cockroach can’t even fly,” Qian Tang, lead author of the study and an evolutionary biologist at Harvard University, I dunno about that
minus-square@CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 month agoHave you seen one fly? They have wings but the only time I’ve ever seen a roach fly was at school and it was way too big to be german
minus-square@Undaunted@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 month agoSome of us Germans can be incredibly big so I wouldn’t be sure about that either.
minus-squarecheesymoonshadowlinkEnglish6•1 month agoI grew up in the Philippines. I don’t know what kind we had there but they were big (1.5-2" in length) and they definitely flew.
minus-square@CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoGerman cockroaches don’t get nearly that size
minus-square@AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoThere is a type of cockroach that can fly, if it’s hot and humid enough. It lives in Florida, along with many other places.
I dunno about that
Have you seen one fly? They have wings but the only time I’ve ever seen a roach fly was at school and it was way too big to be german
Some of us Germans can be incredibly big so I wouldn’t be sure about that either.
I grew up in the Philippines. I don’t know what kind we had there but they were big (1.5-2" in length) and they definitely flew.
German cockroaches don’t get nearly that size
There is a type of cockroach that can fly, if it’s hot and humid enough. It lives in Florida, along with many other places.