Hissing Cockroach Facts Flashcards
What can they survive
Running through fire
Being frozen in ice for 10 days
And explosions
How long can they hold their breath for
40 minutes
How long can they survive with out there head
One week
Why can they survive without their head
They have another brain in their bottom
What do they eat
Anything (omnivores)
Can’t eat:
Plastic
Metal
Glass
Brick
Why do they hiss
Pretend they are a snake to scare of predators
How do they hiss
Push air through their breath holes on the side of their body
What are the hooks for in their legs
To climb and hold themself upside down
Males have large horns …
Which they use to flight other males for the female
How do they breath
Through holes on their body called spiracles
Females produce…
Cocoon-like egg cases inside their body that hold up 60 nymph roachs (baby cockroaches)
How long do they live?
5 years
When did they originate?
280 million years ago
Before the dinosaurs
What can they survive?
Walking through fire
Being frozen in ice for 10 days
And explosions
How long can they hold their breath?
40 minutes
How long and why can they survive without their heads
Up to a week
Have another brain in their abdomen
What do they eat
Omnivores
Eat everything apart from: Plastic, metal, glass and bricks
Why do they hiss
To pretend they are a snake to scare of predators
And to communicate with other cockroaches and find a girlfriend or a boyfriend
How do they hiss
Exhaling through breathing holes on the sides of there body’s
What do the hooks do on their feet
Can hold themself upside down
