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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago

DNA Reveals How German Cockroaches Came to Dominate the World

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DNA Reveals How German Cockroaches Came to Dominate the World

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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago
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A new paper looks at the genes of the most common cockroach species, tracing its historical journey alongside humans, from Asia to the Middle East, Europe and beyond
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    The real third reich

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      They was bugs all along. Better for stomping.

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        They ratatouilled the Nazis just to reach the whole world.

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          I knew it. Inform the vanguard.

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      deleted by creator

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    Typical german behaviour

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    Because they won cockroach world war 2?

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    “The German cockroach can’t even fly,” Qian Tang, lead author of the study and an evolutionary biologist at Harvard University,

    I dunno about that

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      Have you seen one fly? They have wings but the only time I’ve ever seen a roach fly was at school and it was way too big to be german

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        Some of us Germans can be incredibly big so I wouldn’t be sure about that either.

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        I grew up in the Philippines. I don’t know what kind we had there but they were big (1.5-2" in length) and they definitely flew.

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          German cockroaches don’t get nearly that size

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      There is a type of cockroach that can fly, if it’s hot and humid enough. It lives in Florida, along with many other places.

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    Cause you all lack flamethrowers!

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      You mean flammenwerfer

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        HANZ! BRING DEN FLAMMENWERFER!

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        It werfs flammen

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    By living in German cocks, obviously

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    Last time I checked the Soviets stopped German cockroaches’ attempt at world domination

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