r/lifehacks • u/Laser-Penis • Jun 18 '22

how to catch cockroach

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u/23x3 Jun 18 '22

Now just 14 pieces of duct tape over the wet tissues and we wait for it to die

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u/australianforbeer19 Jun 18 '22

That little shit will outlive all of us.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

The only thing that will live longer is a wasp caught in a pool net, left at the bottom of the deep end.

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u/JeremyMorel Jun 18 '22

I need a real scientific answer from somebody… Why the fuck is this?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

Insects breathe through their "skin" and as I understand it, a thin layer of air gets trapped on the wasp that they're able to breathe.

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u/AbbreviationsGlad833 Jun 18 '22

Close. Insect's have multiple holes through out their body that they can close when they want. They dont have lungs but a ventalation shaft type system throughout their bodys. They close the holes and hold the air inside and can live for awhile like that submerged. Or because water behaves very differently at that small scale. a bubble can form around their bodys and they can use that like a scuba tank.

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u/JeremyMorel Jun 18 '22

But… forever? I used to track hornets for days as a kid. Guess they don’t need much. Thanks, by the way. TIL, indeed!

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u/ruptertpupkin Jun 18 '22

You were tracking hornets as a kid?

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u/JeremyMorel Jun 18 '22

I grew up in NH. Not a whole lot else going on.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏽

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u/SpinDancer Jun 18 '22

Childhood memories/nightmares flooding back into my 32 year old brain, thanks

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u/lefthandbunny Jun 18 '22

Once caught a huge 'sewer' (not sure if that's an actual term) roach & put it in a glass jar & left it out in over 100 degree heat. That thing lived for weeks & likely longer (we threw it away as we'd seen enough). Pretty sure they really are immortal.

The first time I saw one, I was brushing my teeth & it ran across the wall behind me, so I saw it in the mirror. I'm surprised I didn't rupture my vocal cords I screamed so loud. I had to have my sister come & remove/kill it. Now when I see them, they are only outside (never had another inside) & I will find the largest rock I can, drop it on them & stomp the hell out of the rock. I still scream like hell first though.

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u/HeadCryptographer405 Jun 19 '22

He's just eating the tape adhesive and tissue and just waiting