Naut's Tidbits & Snippets: Can a Cockroach Live without Its Head?

By Nautikos - About Me - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in Everything Else

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Can a Cockroach Live without Its Head?

Yes, it can, for weeks! There’s no uncontrolled bleeding (as there would be in humans), since there tends to be rapid clotting, and little energy loss (they’re cold-blooded). And they don’t breathe through their noses (which they don’t have), but through spiracles, little openings in each body... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Nautikos at 2:36 PM | add or view comments (30) | link to this | view only this entry
December 2007
SMTWTFS
2526272829301
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
303112345
Nov | Newest | Jan
About this Blog

Curiosities and other things I come across in my reading but can't spend much time on. Sometimes scientific, sometimes not, with sources wherever possible.

Recent Entries
People
Blogs

Previous: Newspaper Runs Box Ads for Drunks... - New Entries - Next: And in England, a Helpful Girlfriend Isn’t Enough to Win Suit...

Headlines (What is this?)