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Why Are Roaches so Hard to Kill?

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Why Are Roaches so Hard to Kill?

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Those of you who have tried to exterminate roaches before know that they are not easy insects to kill. You can spray them, step on them, crush them, yet they still seem to somehow live on. As it turns out, roaches are one of the most well adapted and hardy species on this planet. For one thing, they can survive without food and water for great lengths of time. There are some species that can go a month without any water, and three months without any food. Because of this, simple starving the roaches is not a valid extermination strategy. This also means that simply keeping your place clean will not prevent the roach invasion, since the can come in from the outside, and live for months even if you’re not providing them with any food or drink. Additionally, roaches have the incredible creepy property of being able to survive without their head. How is the possible, you ask? Well, since they can survive without food and water for some time, they don’t need the head to eat. And since the b

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