Cockroach Superpower No. 42: They Don’t Need to Pee

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To survive in hostile environments, cockroaches rely on their own vermin: Blattabacterium, a microbe that hitched a ride inside roaches 140 million years ago, and hasn’t left since.

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I suspect that Blattabacterium is probably among the top 100 coolest words encountered by me in my lifetime.

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Wow!

Since they don't need to pee, does that mean they don't need to drink. Could you actually get a cockroach drunk?

[julien_simon]

Wow!

Since they don't need to pee, does that mean they don't need to drink. Could you actually get a cockroach drunk?

I got my father in law drunk and he almost qualifies as a cockroach.

does that count?

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I think Julien wins the thread!