- A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.
- cockroaches have white blood
- Roaches primarily come out for water, not food
- Cockroaches can live a month without food, but only a week without water
- A roach can live a week without a head. It dies after a week due to lack of water
- A cockroach that has just shed it's skin is white and has black eyes. It takes 8 hours to reproduce the skin layer.
- Laboratory female roaches are able to reproduce without aid of a male. They produce all female offspring
- The largest roach in the world is the largest body, Macropanesthia rhinocerus from Australia weighing in at up to 50 grams.
- Cockroaches thrive in all conditions and live in the desert as well as the arctic
- Most roaches have the ability to fly, but not all do.
- Fried Cockroaches are common snacks in Cambodia, as are spiders and rats
