Page 1 2
Go | New | Find | Notify | Tools | Reply | |
| Smarter than the average bear |
We have large roaches around here. They occasionally appear in the house, and sometimes I can smack them. But sometimes I’ll just see one dead, lying on its back. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one dead right side up. I’m guessing they died from contact with insecticide/roach spray. I just saw one this morning, and I realized they are always dead on their backs. Any ideas? | ||
|
A Grateful American |
High center of gravity. Once they are flipped and dying, they are no longer able to right themselves. Or it is because their tits are not on their back. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
|
"Member" |
Dramatic effect. Like guys getting shot in old cowboy movies. _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
|
Member |
They're mooning you, it's who they are. Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. | |||
|
Get Off My Lawn |
I've fallen, I can't get up!"  "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
|
I Deal In Lead |
Otherwise you couldn't say they were tits up. | |||
|
Member |
As a PSA from an experienced landlord, the easiest way to deal with a roach infestation is to spread diatomaceous earth underneath your range, refrigerator, and cabinets. It's cheap, effective, and harmless to pets and humans. It works by locking up the roach's joints to eliminate their mobility. Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus | |||
|
| I Deal In Lead |
D.E. kills scorpions, too by infiltrating their exoskeleton or through ingestion. | |||
|
| Smarter than the average bear |
I figured they can’t right themselves, but don’t how they end up on their back. I have seen them fly from ceiling or wall to ground, but have always landed successfully when I’ve seen it. I can’t figure one on it’s back in the middle of the floor. | |||
|
| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar  |
If they didn't die on their backs, there would be no reason to put military basic trainees in the "Dying Cockroach" position. If you're goin' through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
|
| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
That's how the cat leaves them. Or their legs can't balance and support their relatively big bodies anymore. Or something. I'm sorry, I wish I knew. | |||
|
| Member |
Monkey- always a joy to read your posts. Top notch humor.
| |||
|
| Member |
Maybe they got upside down somehow and then couldn’t get flipped right side up so they died. | |||
|
| A Grateful American |
 "It's a well known fact that the cockroach originated in Australia, and then was transported buy the Qantas, an extinct bird very closely related to the Dodo, except able to fly long distances that migrated to the norther American continents several thousand years ago, where they were quickly trampled by wild buffalo, leaving no skeletal or other remains to identify them. But, the cockroaches were transported by them as a snack, some of them were able to flatten themselves and survive the stampeding. And that is why they flip over when they die. It's in their genesis." "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
|
Void Where Prohibited |
I think it actually clogs their breathing pores and they suffocate. That's what was presented in my college entomology class. "If Gun Control worked, Chicago would look like Mayberry, not Thunderdome" - Cam Edwards | |||
|
Lost |
Diatomaceous earth is the fossilized remains of a certain kind of plankton (diatoms). Their exoskeletons are made up of silica, basically jagged glass which mechanically cuts up the bodies of the cockroaches, then draws out moisture until they die of dehydration. No idea why they die star-gazing. | |||
|
| Do---or do not. There is no try. |
Thanks, Cliffy!!! | |||
|
Member |
when I read that to myself, I hear it in Cliff's voice -- weird, huh -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog.” ― Charles M. Schulz | |||
|
Exceptional Circumstances |
Sigmonkey is correct. High center of gravity and inability to get upright as legs get weak when dying. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
|
| Member |
This is a matter of physics. As the bug nears death, normal blood flow ceases, causing the legs to contract inwardly. Without the support of the legs, the body becomes top-heavy, and usually falls upside-down. Gary F. Hevel entomologist, Natural History Museum | |||
|
| Powered by Social Strata | Page 1 2 |
 | Please Wait. Your request is being processed... |
|
© SIGforum 2024