Photo from WIkimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOh yeah, these large insects will often live in colonies. But don’t worry, for the most part these cockroaches are not pests and don’t generally live in people’s houses. They prefer living on the forest floor where they will feast on fruit and plant material. Just so you know, if they did raid your fridge, a large colony of these cockroaches could consume one large carrot in a day. That may not sound like a big deal but try telling that to the carrot.<\/p>\n
That does it for today’s wonderful Wild Fact on the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach. I have to thank my two year old niece, Camryn, for being brave and inspiring today’s Fact! Enjoy the rest of your day, folks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend (if you are at work today, then I hope you enjoyed your regular ol’ weekend). So I was going through some pictures on Facebook today and there was a cute one of my 2 year old niece holding a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (which was part of an exhibit at the Jungle Cat Party). I am still impressed how brave she is since I am not sure if I would have wanted to hold the big, ugly insect. I figured talking about this massive cockroach would be a fun way to start the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,4024],"tags":[348,2059,2061,2271,2270,2269,4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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