Chinese insect fans
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Cockroach's IQ will up to 340 in a second when they meet danger. But when most people meet cockroach, they are so frightened that their IQ will become less than 5. Is this true? I saw this on a Chinese forum.
Can cockroach's IQ up to 340? Is it true?
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thesavageprojects
Fifth Instar
This is false. IQ is determined from a bunch of tests. Its designed for humans but similar test has been used with animals with high intelligence like crows, chimps, etc.
It wouldn't be possible to give a cockroach a true IQ test.
Check out this article though.
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jan/cockroach-consciousness-neuron-similarity
On a side note. There had been thread on cockroach cruelty referencing an article about a program that can control cockroaches by jamming wires in its brain. The program was made for amusement . I felt that this was cruel as there was nothing new to be learned. This article here also has folks jamming wires in roaches heads, but this is righteous science.
It wouldn't be possible to give a cockroach a true IQ test.
Check out this article though.
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jan/cockroach-consciousness-neuron-similarity
On a side note. There had been thread on cockroach cruelty referencing an article about a program that can control cockroaches by jamming wires in its brain. The program was made for amusement . I felt that this was cruel as there was nothing new to be learned. This article here also has folks jamming wires in roaches heads, but this is righteous science.
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Wolfie
Fourth Instar
I remember learning something in second year behaviour that cockroaches have two little sensors on their bottoms, which have tiny hairs on them, and when a puff of air causes these hairs to bend, the cockroach runs in the opposite direction, instinctively but not immediately!
This is because frogs produce a puff of air as they prepare to pounce/fire their sticky tongues, BUT if the cockroach moves too late, it gets eaten, and if it moves too soon, the frog can recalculate its tongue-trajectory, so by evolving this, cockroaches are insanely good at avoiding being eaten by frogs!
Clever little guys!
I thought that was a fun fact.
thesavageprojects
Fifth Instar
Bitchin'
would it be possible to mate with a roach? I am only asking this question because i’m really concerned and don’t want to have a baby. I am not saying that i have attempted to do this but I would like to know if it is possible and if so how would I tell the roach I don’t want to be a father.