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


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

xpersianx

10-28-2009 5:20 AM

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10-28-2009 11:37 AM

chestnut501

Do you realize that this makes the cockroach "somewhat" superior to us in an evolutionary sense? And that long after mankind has left the face of the Earth the cockroach may still be here and may well be the superior life form? Scary huh?

10-28-2009 2:22 PM

xpersianx

yeah !

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