DNA Reveals How German Cockroaches Came to Dominate the World

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Kaboom@reddthat.com · 58 pts · 2y (4 replies)

The real third reich

fossilesque@mander.xyz · 21 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 2y (1 reply)

They ratatouilled the Nazis just to reach the whole world.

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srsh@lemmy.wtf · 32 pts · 2y

Typical german behaviour

Because they won cockroach world war 2?

42yeah@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 2y (5 replies)

“The German cockroach can’t even fly,” Qian Tang, lead author of the study and an evolutionary biologist at Harvard University,

I dunno about that

CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Have you seen one fly? They have wings but the only time I've ever seen a roach fly was at school and it was way too big to be german

Some of us Germans can be incredibly big so I wouldn't be sure about that either.

I grew up in the Philippines. I don't know what kind we had there but they were big (1.5-2" in length) and they definitely flew.

German cockroaches don't get nearly that size

There is a type of cockroach that can fly, if it's hot and humid enough. It lives in Florida, along with many other places.

Mikufan@ani.social · 12 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Cause you all lack flamethrowers!

RelativeArea0@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y (2 replies)

You mean flammenwerfer

HANZ! BRING DEN FLAMMENWERFER!

Jimbo@yiffit.net · 7 pts · 2y

It werfs flammen

By living in German cocks, obviously