Secret reason why cockroaches are hard to kill #pestcontrol #animation

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]You probably weren't taught this, but the American cockroach has 154 smell receptors and 544 taste receptors.

[00:00:14]That's more than any other insect that has been studied so far.

[00:00:20]It blows my mind that people still underestimate this. Because of this, cockroaches will eat almost anything.

[00:00:30]They eat normal food like sugar and meat. And when food is scarce, they eat things like cardboard, book glue, human toenails, rotting meat, blood, and waste, and even other cockroaches.

[00:00:47]Yes, even each other. If one is weak or dead, others will eat it.

[00:00:55]This helps them survive even the harshest of environments, even in places that would mean death to other insects and animals.