Hissing Cockroach Birth - Pt. 2

Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhOGQINu0lk
Madagascan hissing cockroach giving birth. This video was featured on Animal Planet's Weird, True & Freaky. I am not partial to how the show portrays them to be horrifying, "sci-fi" monsters, and they didn't even talk about the part where she squirts out "cockroach milk" to feed her babies after they're born, which is probably the "freakiest" part to most people :P Ah well. It's sad that most people can't enjoy and celebrate these animals without thinking of them as horrifying, monstrous creatures. Also I feel the need to note: Don't bother leaving rude comments. They will not be approved and you will be blocked. Why do you people bother viewing videos of things that gross you out so bad? Just don't look. Oh, and respect the fact that these are my PETS, you tactless teenage twats. :)

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[samdeen95]

did they eat the mum or did the mum produce some milk???

[PenanggalanMonster]

@samdeen95 It actually is the closest thing to milk a roach can make :) It helps the babies on their way~

[n3wb1shness]

At first i was creeped out... but once they started to move around i thought they were cute... for some reason they reminded me of moths... i adore moths. what happens to the mother once its all over?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@n3wb1shness She rested and hid for a while but then was fine.

[Lamentus]

what are they doing at around 2:30? Nibbling that white thing or trying to unstuck themselves from it?

[PenanggalanMonster]

@Lamentus The mother excretes a protein-rich substance that is good for the newborns to eat, and sometimes the mother cleans some of it up herself afterward. It's like an edible afterbirth or the closest thing to "milk" a roach can give to their young. :)

[LaIkAnTrOUp]

If I watch this video as a normal person, I find it scary and disturbing.

But if I watch it as a biologist (as I am now), I find anything related to life science fascinating, be it cockroaches giving birth or insects or anything that lives.

[PenanggalanMonster]

@StellarBlast They instinctively don't breed beyond what their environment can contain comfortably.

[ManvsMachine7]

aww, they are so cute, although I'm glad I live in norhtern Norway, cockroaches don't exsist here :) thank god

[Pocketsquares]

I did my best to keep my lunch down. I really am extremely afraid of cockroaches but this is just.. horrifying and amazing at the same time.

[PenanggalanMonster]

@StellarBlast They can still tell how much space they have and will either birth fewer roaches (she had about 30, but they can have twice that many) or will simply breed less. I also keep mine a couple degrees cooler than normal, which makes them slower, live longer, and breed much slower.

[andrzejnher4eva]

so cute!!