Hissing Cockroach Birth - Pt. 1

[Svensonfunkleton]

Haha wow. It looks like you have a real nice set up for those guys. Do you breed them as food for anything or just because they're interesting in their own right?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@Svensonfunkleton Just pets :) I don't really have any pets that can eat them; their exoskeleton is too tough for most smaller reptiles/tarantulas.

[jtismyname]

this is so beautiful

[eytank97]

EWWWWWWWWW THATS GROSS!@$%&

....

*clicks replay*

[FightForTheArts]

I held a hissing cockroach once. It was cool. Then it started hissing and i dropped it and i was like "ohgodsorry!!!" to the guy and he was like, Oh its fine. Haha.

[Tummyboxx]

BABIES!!!!

[AnimeStoryHour]

And I thought human births looked painful. So many babies at once D:

[DarkHypernova]

This is actually quite beautifull.

[xXxDoDDeRZxXxz]

DAMN NATURE, YOU SCARY!

[Hypastpist]

what did you do to it after it birthed all of em?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@Hypastpist Kept them along with the other 50+ I had.

[TSampsonM]

The little ones are so adorable.

[ShaktiLIfe]

I am scared and repulsed by cockroaches, but I know you are right. If we could wrap our brains around insects being excellent eco-friendly comestibles we would be doing a lot less damage on this planet. This means we need people like you to be around....

[PenanggalanMonster]

@ShaktiLIfe Thank you so much... it's nice to hear this in between all the "kill it with fire" and "you're a disgusting person" comments (of which I'm not approving).

[richie0091993]

Wow, this video/the description changed my view of cockroaches, especially where it said how they are viewed with immediate, blatant hate.. when they are loving animals. Good job :)

[immortalass]

congratulations, its 128tuplets

[TheSuper3076]

Coakroach spread.. :D



[pinoyvegan]

I love the info you included. Well done. I've read that cockroaches also eat dust mites.

[TerraDeKiwi]

CUTE :3 BABY Cockroachs

[Bombazor]

Do they ever finish...?

[Bombazor]

THEY ARE SO CUTEE!

[hmbarn01]

Aww it had a baby.

[darkcomet112]

Ooop! I'm on the weird part of Youtube again. Cool shit though.

[KiomEl]

delicious...

[Koopaboy]

this...is...beautiful!

[AL94RUSS]

Happy birthday!

[neocbax]

Stupid cockroach, why doesn't it gives birth upside down?

[tonimmcx]

Nature has designed certain animals/insects to have colors and visual features that can scare off predators. ... and it's working alright.

Except for Bear Grylls

[Scholliindahouse]

oooh she must be so proud, congratulations to your new little miracle of life

[NeroAngeloGR]

it's no harm when it's in its natural habitat, but when you see a "stray" cockroach in your house, you may want to remove that before it lays its eggs all around...just my opinion

[freeplay2414]

creepy, but fascinating.

[Epistothic]

Absolutely incredible, a true testament to nature's finest.

Tell me, do you perhaps know where one can purchase cockroaches as pets? International shipping required.

I would search for an online vendor, but if you have one in mind please share.

[PenanggalanMonster]

@Epistothic I do all my buggy shopping on either kenthebugguy [dot] com or insectgeeks [dot] com :)

[Chocotok]

the babies looks so cute~ <3

but... I don't want it to grow up TT7TT

I know its harmless and nice but I just couldn't fight my phobia of roaches :(

[Wesleythelin]

great reference thanks a lot!

[Cadelaria666]

this is so creepy.

[rane998]

awww cute babies... but i get sickened by the adult

[DaluZwasUnavailable]

This is incredible! And very offsetting too.

[Beatlemaniaca9865]

So...many...little...cockroach­es...

[RuGaard77222]

At the end she was friggin downing in her own kids o_o

[idelta777]

I hate being near to a lot of insects or to know that they are hidden some place in my bedroom, but I find it very interesting to see what they do

[velocity896]

Still a better love story than twilight

[xXlCalciferlXx]

well, i find this gross but now that i think about it, anything giving birth is quite nasty.

[echo171]

That's actually pretty cool! How on earth did that cockroach have enough room inside of it for ALL those babies?!

[Yreva1117]

May I ask what you did with the hundreds of offspring?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@Yreva1117 Kept or gave to friends who like bugs :)

[AssKicker411]

This is weird. The number of zerglings it spawned exceeded the size of the spawner

[LAMALCRIADACOM]

I find strange the way it is giving birth,do you know the reason? why it is on its head?

[piruka277]

Why does it do it upside down? Wouldn't gravity help?

[leonardomapache]

@piruka277 Course not. In order to give birth head-facing-up, the mother would have to be suspended in the air, holding on to a wall. Gravity would make it more dificult fo the roach to grab and there's a change she fall right over the babies.

[zThaKingz]

I'm more impressed it's doing a headstand.

[Chibiisuke]

Wait, I thought insects lay eggs not giving birth :O

[nirvanaisdeshit]

they may be helpfull to the ecosystem, but this still looks creepy and disgusting as fuck!! i respect you for having the guts to keep them as pets.. you are a brave man

[PenanggalanMonster]

@nirvanaisdeshit a. I'm female, b. They're harmless.

[EBlueAlex]

How in gods name do you know so much about cockroaches? xD

[PenanggalanMonster]

@EBlueAlex Years of study and admiration, much like anyone else who admires an animal.

[yuriteta]

do they eat the mother?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@yuriteta No, just her fluids :P

[BestTrueBlood]

im afraid of sleeping tonigh and i cant eat rice anymore. is that normal?

[juanpablodt]

I thought I would just watch a disgusting video, but I learned a lot from your responses to other comments.

[Spikegbs]

Brace yourselves.... Aliens are coming.

[bllodymage]

does it die after giving birth :S???

[PenanggalanMonster]

@bllodymage Nope

[MRsangomi]

Have you ever kissed a cockroach?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@MRsangomi They're clean, they're cute, why not? Some people eat them.

[sammmyfotboll11]

i guess the father was white then

[kira]

....Holy shit, that thing is huge!

[squishhhh]

you buy 1, you get a hundred more

[UltimateBokanator]

HEY GOD! WHAT THE FUCK MAN?!

[LeafyDino]

Such a quiet and calm birth. If only humans could be the same. -_-

[86zeruel]

A loving God would never allow this.

[PenanggalanMonster]

@86zeruel I say this far more often about mankind than a harmless insect.

[velocity896]

@PenanggalanMonster Fear not. I sense a troll among us.

[AmokBR]

Disgusting, but fascinating.

[Alon5Noga2]

THEIR ON ME! THEY ARE FUCKING ON ME I KNOW IT! FUCK!~! 

[Flor1395]

I'm about to cry omfg

[AXBHRemastered]

It always amazes me how insects managed to look so tiny and yet when they give birth it looks like the Mother should've exploded from having that many baby insects in them. Seriously! It looks like she was holding in twice her body size! O^o

[desertdweller00]

and women complain about giving birth hahahahaha

[Hani300]

looks painful

[sgtscribbles]

wow I never knew cockroaches are born like that, I spent the whole video thinking 'it must suck to be a female cockroach' lol but cool, I always thought they layed eggs, I learned something new ^_^ thanks for the awesome video, strangely enough, I don't dislike them quite so much anymore.

[Zivile3D]

Ewwwww,

Thats the most discusting thing i have ever saw in my life..

[PenanggalanMonster]

@Zivile3D You must not have seen a human birth before. Or any other animal birth... roach births are very clean, quiet and free of bloody chunks!

[SgtBradleyJ]

@Zivile3D Then you never actually saw something disturbing.

[HoneyBadqer]

What the fuck are you looking at?Find me some hot towels! Ok breathe breathe that's nice now push god dammit!

[eduardazo]

Aghhh!! It's like 101 dalmatians all over again...

[Maxnr66]

how the fuck did all those things fit in the mother!?

[PouKii]

0:45 Oh, hi!

[Esselevenue]

Must've been having a hard time.

[WASTINGMYTIMEWITHYOU]

How come 375 337 have watched this ? Is a cockroach giving birth a topic everyone wants to know about ?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@WASTINGMYTIMEWITHYOU Apparently! I'm glad I'm not the only one. :P

[przedeptane]

Thanks for the video. I also do not understand, where all this hatred comes from ... Each and every species is unique and interesting in its own way. You have a fascinating hobby.

[Schutzteufel]

Quite interesting, can't believe it that i watched this for 5 minutes :D

Nice info text btw ;) teach them ignorant b*tches :)

[syrta]

What did you do with all the babies?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@syrta Kept them or gave them to friends.

[konchy]

Thanks for the interesting video. Those who think this is freaky haven't seen real humans giving birth yet (watching TV does not count).

[lavecinadealladodego]

Then the kids are like MOMMMY!!!! :D

[XxfmarulzxX]

IDK If I should say dawww how cute or, OMG thats a lot of roaches : D

[Bleagle]

fascinating, but how do they all fit inside? it seems like all young ones combined have half the mass/weight of their mother!?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@Bleagle It's an illusion, they inflate to about double their size as soon as they are born, their abdomens fill with air to help them push through the egg case :)

[MyAltruistic]

do cockroaches give birth?i tot they lay eggs..

[PenanggalanMonster]

@MyAltruistic Some do, some don't! There are over 5,000 different species of cockroach, and they can vary tremendously from species to species :)

[itsme3rr0r]

What do you plan to do after having thousands of them ? :D

[PenanggalanMonster]

@itsme3rr0r They never got to that number, but if I had that many, I'd just sell them. They're very common feeders and pets :)

[Cruxez]

What do you feed the roaches..

[PenanggalanMonster]

@Cruxez fruit, veggies, bread, cat food, just about anything! They love oranges.

[ladyangelique]

How many babies does it produce every birth?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@ladyangelique Anywhere from 30-60 :)

[Arwiiss]

Do they eat their mother later?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@Arwiiss Nope, they have a very intricate almost wolf-like communal instinct and never eat each other unless they are starving or one dies.

[KisuProductions]

How do they all fit in there? O___O

[magmasman]

what kind of cockroach is this? Do other cockroaches give birth the same way? How will you know if it's a female? I totally want to see this personally.

[PenanggalanMonster]

@magmasman Hissing cockroach, they are very common as pets and feeders for reptiles, tarantulas etc :) Many roaches give live birth, but many also lay eggs. Male hissing cockroaches have "horns" on their head, while females do not.

[joefreeman856]

How many of them were born?

[joanmm06]

Thats alot of babies!

[AWS137]

Breathee.. Breatheee. PUSSHHHH!!!

[OriginalName199]

This is so cuuuuuuute :3

[jeffreyli7]

What did you do to the rest of them? And god how many can she fit in her?!?!?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@jeffreyli7 I kept them or gave them to friends who also appreciate insects :) Anywhere from 30-60!

[forger91]

Thanks for sharing :)

[JuliusDr]

Don't look behind you, but right now they are climbing on your neck.

[nf0rc3r]

I was gonna go behind ur fridge but wth.. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

[themotherfuckingoz]

Why the fuck do you have a cockroach as a pet?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@themotherfuckingoz Thousands of people keep roaches for the same reason others keep beetles, butterflies or any other insect. They're beautiful, fascinating, CLEAN (when kept out of OUR filth) creatures whose poor reputation is undeserved. Some keep them as feeders for reptiles, others to study and trade and sell (as some sell for hundreds each). Some are a fun challenge to keep and are filled with personality. Does that answer your rudely-stated question?

[destinystruth]

@PenanggalanMonster That comment made me rethink about cockroaches.

[RuGaard77222]

@themotherfuckingoz why not??? hissing Cockroaches are awesome XD

[SeoulSeek]

Cockroach: I'm just trying to give birth, why the fuck are you blinding me?

[iLoveMilq]

Haha this was awesome but my girlfriend has a phobia of these so even if I wanted shower this vid she'd flip out. It's interesting but I believe she'd break up with me o.e but all in all good job! C:

[kuraitenshi89]

Spawn more Overlords...

[micotique12]

mother of Cockroaches!!

[alexboy08]

who haves a fucking cokroach for pet r,r

[PenanggalanMonster]

@alexboy08 Thousands of people. Some of them sell for $200+ EACH. They're beautiful, fascinating, there are 5,000+ different species of roach, some tropical and ranging from pink to blue to striped and spotted. Don't judge something you don't even understand.

[JewFan23]

Ladies...you got nothing on this. Consider. yourself lucky.

[kageki8253]

thta's why so many cockroach in my house =_=')

[AnonIonCannon]

Damn nature, you scary. 

[hybridluis]

oh god, is her entire body an uterus??

those babies seemed to occupy her entire abdomen

[hybridluis]

oh god, is her entire body an uterus??

those babies seemed to occupy her entire abdomen

[Serpifeu]

Why are they so cute.

[VolkColopatrion]

I'm supprised that they're bprn as small adults, and not as an egg/larve/pupae.

what is even more "weird" is it looked like the female was nearly torn apart. Was she viable after the birth?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@VolkColopatrion She lived a long time after.

[daANIMALIannone]

@VolkColopatrion According to wikipedia, it stores the eggs internally, much like a mammal, but with an actual shell

[verdan069]

So did the mother die after giving birth? Looks like she wasn't moving in the end.

[PenanggalanMonster]

@verdan069 She lived a long time after.

[LanHikari7]

How long is the mother pregnant for before she gives birth? Also I know this kind of a weird question, but does the process of birth ever harm the mother physically? It looks like she's being torn in half having so many babies come out of her little body. Also how many times can one female get pregnant?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@LanHikari7 They can be pregnant for 30 days up to several months, depending on their habitat. She was fine after; the female roach's anatomy is built to separate and go right back together. :) They can get pregnant again right after giving birth.

[mishival]

Also, I see they have no problem climbing the walls of the terrarium, have they ever escaped it?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@mishival Some of the babies have escaped, but the adults never have gotten through their lid. They don't thrive outside their environment, so I would either find the babies on the floor or sometimes dead under a table or something.

[mishival]

I'm normally awfully repulsed by bugs and (especially) cockroaches, but this one looks... kinda cool. Just like a pet, if a little weird one at that.

I see you're keeping them in a terrarium. What are you feeding them? What did you do with all of those baby roaches? I see there are a few dozens of them, you can't really keep all of them alive, can you? Also, shouldn't they classify as... mammals? :P I mean, giving birth, milk, and all that...

[PenanggalanMonster]

@mishival They eat anything from fruits, to veggies to bread and even cat food :) I kept all the babies, since the tank was quite large and they had plenty of places to hide and crawl around. You'd be surprised how many some roach keepers can keep without paying a single dime or spending more than a few minutes a day feeding them scraps from the table! And nope, they're still insects :) Many insects give live birth!

[Kajotex]

Wow this is.... this is incredible actually... I never knew there are cookroach species that give live birth, I thought all of them lay eggs. It's really intresting to see this... well... "stem" of offspring :) Does the mother (if cookroaches are not asexual, I don't know that) still live on after that? Are the new born capable of everything from the start or did they take some time to eat and find around? Great video! Thanks for the upload and greetings from germany to your german roaches ;)

[PenanggalanMonster]

@Kajotex Yeah she lived, there are males and females and the males are easy to spot as they are the ones with the "horns" :) The young will stay close to the mom for the first few hours or so, but they quickly get curious and wander around, hide under other moms, etc :)

[Biyorne]

I actually found this quite fascinating. I've never seen one of these give birth before, but I've always thought they make pretty cool pets. Too bad my family doesn't quite agree.

[Lexd1989]

I mean, for me at least, a lot of it depends on the context. Sure, when I go into my kitchen at midnight and turn on the lights, and observe cockroaches skittering for the light, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little disgusted. However, when you have something like this in peaceful seclusion, where its habits/routines (which under normal circumstances are unable to be observed) can be seen, repulsion goes right out the window. I'm far too interested/fascinated to be "grossed out."

[PenanggalanMonster]

@Lexd1989 That is pretty much my exact feelings :) I lived in one house with german roaches, and I was compulsively cleaning their poop off the kitchen counters and still didn't feel comfortable cooking on them. But when they are confined or in the wild, I'm happy to see them :)

[sculleyfish]

this is a really cool video! i've never seen anything like it. i don't really know much about cockroaches, but 50 babies seems like a lot! do most or all of them reach maturity? what happens to them then? do you keep them or sell them or...?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@sculleyfish Sometimes they die randomly before they get to maturity, but most made it out okay :) I kept most of them but gave a few to friends who also appreciate insects.

[slurmdrinker]

So what did you do with all of the babies?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@slurmdrinker Kept them or gave them to friends who also appreciate insects :)

[SmashMan140]

So are they all on like one really long umbilical cord that runs down her... uh I don't know bug terms... abdomen? Are they active at all before she pushes them out or does like light trigger them to awaken?

[iamnubxD]

so.. how does it turns from white to brown?o.o

[PenanggalanMonster]

@iamnubxD As their exoskeleton hardens, it will turn darker. Every time an insect molts, its color is white (or even other more vivid colors) before it finally hardens :)

[fukinhip]

i always thought all insects laid eggs? im completely ignorant on the matter but i found it interesting

[MoonshineAnimations]

Good to see there are people that can appreciate this stuff. rather than the EWWWWWWWWWWWWW GROSSSSSSSS KILL IT WHAT THE F**K IS THAT!!!.

i love invertebrates

[PenanggalanMonster]

@MoonshineAnimations You're not seeing how many rude, distasteful or even death-threatening comments I'm not approving. I hate the ignorant teens on this site who can't appreciate nature or even HATE me for loving it so much...

[CautionCat]

I didn't know they gave live birth. This is very interesting.

[Z3RO458]

Interesting :D

[DrBraids]

When do they get their color so they look like the momma?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@DrBraids Only within hours of being born, they harden and turn that dark reddish brown, until they shed again :)

[shinzomoon]

Hey, sorry if its been asked already, but do you know why cockroaches give birth to live cockroaches and not eggs or larvae like most if not all other insects and none mammal life? really odd..

[PenanggalanMonster]

@shinzomoon Actually, only some species give live birth! Other species of roach do lay eggs :) There are over 5,000 species of roaches and they can be extremely varied from species to species. Some tropical species even have pockets under their wings for the babies to hide under until they're big enough to take on the world :)

[UnderRAPS]

Such a beautiful video. I had one of those as a pet in college.

[Lexd1989]

How many came from this? And is it weird that I kind of find those buggers... cute?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@Lexd1989 30-50ish I believe! Before I started uploading to YouTube, I thought tons of people found insects to be fascinating and beautiful creatures. But it seems the mass majority of YouTubers think they are disgusting (as well as myself for loving them). So I suppose we are in the minority.

[shelovesyouhella]

Why the unusual positioning of the mother in giving birth? Upside down, against gravity, just seems...kind of harder for her?