Hisser Heart

Hissing Cockroach freshly molted, with the heart beat very visible down the roach's back. If you look closely... you can see it pumping.... the heart of a cockroach is a tube-like structure with valves that can pump blood backwards or forwards through a roach's body. A roach's heart can even stop beating without the roach dying. There have been breakthroughs in medical research where scientists have actually created a new type of artificial heart inspired by the cockroach. Where a human heart uses 4 chambers, a cockroach's heart uses 13.

Sorry for the shaky camera, I was trying to get a good view of the heart pumping, without blocking the light or getting too much of a reflection from the light.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• cockroach
• anatomy
• molt
• molted
• white
• roach
• bug
• insect
• pulse
• heart
• beat
• heartbeat
• informative
• information
• fact
• facts
• educational

[Scythemantis]

Their hearts are so pretty :)

[Rotsuoy]

Oh wow. I can see it beating. . . that's. . . beautiful.

Thank you so much for sharing! ~<3

[wingsofjudas]

I really like the information included, it's neat learning about these guys!

[expandranon]

Very nice! Bother that the light was in just the wrong place, though. Bet you could diffuse it with thin paper or something to cut down on the reflections.

[truthisfallacy]

Wow, that's pretty cool. Looks cuddly. :)