Comments on: Here is a video of a hissing cockroach giving birth http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 00:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: The Lizardman http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1349194 The Lizardman Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1349194  I married my best groupie http://www.thelizardman.com/archives/home/meghan.html  I married my best groupie http://www.thelizardman.com/archives/home/meghan.html

]]> By: theflusheddotcom http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1348319 theflusheddotcom Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1348319 AH! I'm itching all over after watching this!!! AH! I’m itching all over after watching this!!!

]]> By: zoestercoaster http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1348287 zoestercoaster Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1348287 Hey, so thanks for the nightmares. Hey, so thanks for the nightmares.

]]> By: Brian Silverstein http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1348248 Brian Silverstein Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1348248 Mama roach was definitely pooped, so she and all her babies had a big cuddle puddle in Part 2. http://youtu.be/aH0WiVDw4es At least... I think that's what they're doing. Mama roach was definitely pooped, so she and all her babies had a big cuddle puddle in Part 2. http://youtu.be/aH0WiVDw4es

At least… I think that’s what they’re doing.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1348246 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1348246 Ignoring the blood, the mecomium, the vernix and the stale amniotic fluid, the umbilical cord is blue and spiral.  It looks like something that Ripley would shoot. Ignoring the blood, the mecomium, the vernix and the stale amniotic fluid, the umbilical cord is blue and spiral.  It looks like something that Ripley would shoot.

]]> By: Anon_Mahna http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1348136 Anon_Mahna Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1348136 Honestly not horrible to watch at all. Didn't even bother me while eating my leftover shrimp stir-fry and rice.. Honestly not horrible to watch at all. Didn’t even bother me while eating my leftover shrimp stir-fry and rice..

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1348114 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1348114 Tools? I grew up in New England, where we just covered the table with newspaper and tore lobsters apart with our hands. Tools? I grew up in New England, where we just covered the table with newspaper and tore lobsters apart with our hands.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1348052 Donald Petersen Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1348052 For Christmas dinner, my in-laws customarily eat Alaskan King Crab.  I'm the only adult there who feels no shame in eating pizza at the kids' table.  And seeing those otherwise lovely people wielding their carapace-cracking tools with buttery grease sliding down their grinning chins... man, it nearly makes me lose my appetite for pizza, too. For Christmas dinner, my in-laws customarily eat Alaskan King Crab.  I’m the only adult there who feels no shame in eating pizza at the kids’ table.  And seeing those otherwise lovely people wielding their carapace-cracking tools with buttery grease sliding down their grinning chins… man, it nearly makes me lose my appetite for pizza, too.

]]> By: Cicada Mania http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347976 Cicada Mania Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347976 This is why I like cicadas better than all other insects. This is why I like cicadas better than all other insects.

]]> By: MetalPorkchop http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347892 MetalPorkchop Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347892 At first they looked like those little bananas at the supermarket, all bunched at one end, and then they just kept coming, and then more, and it never stopped, and it looks as if the previous ones grow as more come out.  I wonder why the mom had to be on her head.  She didn't look comfortable.  I had no idea they come out live and seem to grow in front of my eyes.  12:21, lunch time. At first they looked like those little bananas at the supermarket, all bunched at one end, and then they just kept coming, and then more, and it never stopped, and it looks as if the previous ones grow as more come out.  I wonder why the mom had to be on her head.  She didn’t look comfortable.  I had no idea they come out live and seem to grow in front of my eyes.  12:21, lunch time.

]]> By: Anon_Mahna http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347867 Anon_Mahna Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347867  "Maggots Michael.. You're eating maggots.."  ”Maggots Michael.. You’re eating maggots..”

]]> By: KaputOtter http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347806 KaputOtter Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347806 I have to agree, I think human childbirth is more gross.... haha. I have to agree, I think human childbirth is more gross…. haha.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347725 Mister44 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347725  You... you're an interesting person.  You… you’re an interesting person.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347723 Mister44 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347723 Huh - I would have thought they laid eggs - is this a sort of  "live birth" of nymphs? Arthropods - truly disgusting creatures. Huh – I would have thought they laid eggs – is this a sort of  “live birth” of nymphs?

Arthropods – truly disgusting creatures.

]]> By: M Alovert http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347713 M Alovert Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347713 Actually hissing cockroaches are kind of cool as pets (in a terrarium, not loose in your home). I got to borrow a couple over the holidays once when I befriended an entomologist back when I was in 6th grade (there wasn't a birth imminent).  I'm guessing the entomologist was overjoyed that a 6th grade girl thought they were as cool as she did. These aren't the German cockroaches of 'under-the-fridge waiting to throw the fridge at you' fame. Actually hissing cockroaches are kind of cool as pets (in a terrarium, not loose in your home). I got to borrow a couple over the holidays once when I befriended an entomologist back when I was in 6th grade (there wasn’t a birth imminent).  I’m guessing the entomologist was overjoyed that a 6th grade girl thought they were as cool as she did. These aren’t the German cockroaches of ‘under-the-fridge waiting to throw the fridge at you’ fame.

]]> By: oddboyout http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347707 oddboyout Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347707 I don't know why, but I'm surprised that it was a live birth. I don’t know why, but I’m surprised that it was a live birth.

]]> By: Hanglyman http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347658 Hanglyman Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347658 Starts off horrific, actually ends up sort of cute... eventually. The teeny little cockroaches with their beady little eyes swarming over Mom are sort of endearing, even if I wouldn't want to touch them. Starts off horrific, actually ends up sort of cute… eventually. The teeny little cockroaches with their beady little eyes swarming over Mom are sort of endearing, even if I wouldn’t want to touch them.

]]> By: dragsterhund http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347641 dragsterhund Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347641 Need a visual sorbet now. Need a visual sorbet now.

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347632 Incipient Madness Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347632 I believe it's far more high tech than 3-D printing. Several genetic algorithms are involved.  I believe it’s far more high tech than 3-D printing. Several genetic algorithms are involved. 

]]> By: zombiebob http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347599 zombiebob Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347599  that made me feel a strange disgust, some sort of soul vomit  that made me feel a strange disgust, some sort of soul vomit

]]> By: creativehumanoid http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347562 creativehumanoid Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347562 CUTE OVERLOAD!!! Actually, doesn't that breeder have ANY idea that there are trillions of hissing cockroach babies just waiting to be adopted? CUTE OVERLOAD!!!

Actually, doesn’t that breeder have ANY idea that there are trillions of hissing cockroach babies just waiting to be adopted?

]]> By: Robert Cruickshank http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347555 Robert Cruickshank Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347555 *blinks* *checks time* But I was delivering mail then... *whimper* I'm not unique! *blinks*
*checks time*
But I was delivering mail then…
*whimper*
I’m not unique!

]]> By: Chuck http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347543 Chuck Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347543 The little ones that are tentatively crawling off are thinking, "This isn't where I was." The little ones that are tentatively crawling off are thinking, “This isn’t where I was.”

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347534 awjt Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347534 Holy screaming oral viviparousness, Batman! Holy screaming oral viviparousness, Batman!

]]> By: Otherdave http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347506 Otherdave Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347506 I *know*! Lookit their cute lil beady black eyes!  I *know*! Lookit their cute lil beady black eyes! 

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347500 Robert Baruch Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347500 extruding <i>3D-printing</i> maggots extruding 3D-printing maggots

]]> By: danimagoo http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347489 danimagoo Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347489 I have. This is WAY worse. I won't be able to sleep for 6 months now. I have. This is WAY worse. I won’t be able to sleep for 6 months now.

]]> By: kernkraftwerks http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347450 kernkraftwerks Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347450 All mamaroach wanted was a *backrub*.... All mamaroach wanted was a *backrub*….

]]> By: golvio http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347441 golvio Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347441 What I wanna know is how the heck did they all fit in there? What I wanna know is how the heck did they all fit in there?

]]> By: OgilvyTheAstronomer http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/here-is-a-video-of-a-hissing-c.html#comment-1347424 OgilvyTheAstronomer Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144186#comment-1347424 <strike>giving birth</strike> <i>extruding maggots</i> giving birth extruding maggots

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