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I do not have a cockroach fetish, LOL. There's a big difference between a fetish and predilection. I like cockroaches the same way other girls like butterflies, puppies and kittens.
No, "Twilight of the Cockroaches" was not what inspired me to like them. Actually I used to be scared of them until I was twelve or thirteen. One hot summer night about five or six cockroaches found their way into the house via a hole in my little brother's window screen and they swarmed in, looking for water. I went crazy and hid in my closet until my dad killed them all and closed the window, and that's when I decided to systematically hunt and kill all the cockroaches I could find. However, as I did more research on how to kill them (after I hit one with a shoe, destroyed its abdomen, and watched it drag itself away from me) I came to have a growing respect for them and that respect eventually turned into appreciation.
So ever since I was fifteen, I've really liked cockroaches.
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She's thinking of using some of the other gases and elements as well, if she gets more.
I think I've heard of that anime, in a very distant kind of way, LOL. I remember Twilight of the Cockroaches... That was one seriously strange movie, but interesting.
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the cicada block!
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the cicada block!
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And you didn't know there's such a thing as glowing fish? Ever looked in a Petsmart or a Petco? They're so pretty! My friend has an aquarium full of them, all named after Noble gases.
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Sure! The most common ones in the US are the Australian, the Mexican, and the Wood Cockroach, although Madagascar Hissing cockroaches and certain hybrids will pop up as a fluke sometimes due to their popularity as pets in South America.
Here's three really cute varieties:
http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/587/overrides/glowing-roach-imitates-poisonous-peers_58706_600x450.jpg
http://www.invader.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Vaga-Cockroach.jpg
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/green_cockroach_costa_rica.jpg
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I'd like to have my own cockroach aquarium someday. ^^ I would collect strange and unusual species, like the leafhopper and the cave cockroach. However, I'm still kind of concerned about what might happen if they broke out. It's never a good idea to introduce foreign creatures into an ecosystem, especially if they're as versatile and difficult to kill off and contain as cockroaches are. Maybe I'll just stick to glowing fish. XD
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I agree. If Darwin adapts to survive, shouldn't he have, erm, survived?
Eating cockroaches is for the desperate anyway, haha. I have found that cockroaches are very friendly, though, almost like pets, if you don't freak out at them.
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It wasn't a bad movie, in my opinion. Like most of them, it was mindless comic book fun. And I am NOT dirty. I study Humans, I don't provoke them. XP I'm simply honest about what I do and do not like, within the realm of social etiquette.
When I meet a cockroach, I take a seat and observe it, talk to it, get to know it. That is, unless I have someone screaming at me to get rid of it. Then I either kill it quickly or catch it in a paper cup and carry it outdoors where it belongs. Technically, cockroaches are cleanest, but they still carry bacteria that's not meant for the Human body, so it's not a good idea to let them touch you.
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LOL Hey, don't talk dirty. XP I am simply aware of my physical appearance and feel confident about what I see in the mirror.
There are certain interests of mine that tend to cause amusing reactions when spoken in public. How's this? I think cockroaches are freaking adorable. I love them. Forget butterflies; cockroaches are the true beauties of the insect world.
Oh, and no worries. I was watching X-Men: First Class.