DNA Reveals How German Cockroaches Came to Dominate the World (www.smithsonianmag.com)
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 26 May 2024 11:45
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Mikufan@ani.social on 26 May 2024 11:53 next collapse

Cause you all lack flamethrowers!

RelativeArea0@lemmy.world on 26 May 2024 15:01 collapse

You mean flammenwerfer

Mikufan@ani.social on 26 May 2024 15:28 next collapse

HANZ! BRING DEN FLAMMENWERFER!

Jimbo@yiffit.net on 26 May 2024 19:40 collapse

It werfs flammen

JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee on 26 May 2024 11:54 next collapse

Because they won cockroach world war 2?

Kaboom@reddthat.com on 26 May 2024 12:08 next collapse

The real third reich

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 26 May 2024 12:12 next collapse

They was bugs all along. Better for stomping.

Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee on 26 May 2024 13:58 collapse

They ratatouilled the Nazis just to reach the whole world.

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 26 May 2024 17:27 collapse

I knew it. Inform the vanguard.

lemmus@lemmy.world on 26 May 2024 15:23 collapse

The real third roach

srsh@lemmy.wtf on 26 May 2024 13:19 next collapse

Typical german behaviour

42yeah@lemm.ee on 26 May 2024 13:24 next collapse

“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

CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com on 26 May 2024 18:35 next collapse

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

Undaunted@discuss.tchncs.de on 26 May 2024 20:33 next collapse

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

cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world on 26 May 2024 21:16 collapse

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.

CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com on 26 May 2024 23:18 collapse

German cockroaches don’t get nearly that size

AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works on 27 May 2024 01:59 collapse

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.

Socsa@sh.itjust.works on 27 May 2024 00:44 next collapse

By living in German cocks, obviously

newerAccountWhoDis@hexbear.net on 27 May 2024 09:35 collapse

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