Why are cockroaches so hard to kill? - Ameya Gondhalekar

[@yamoonallemoon1080]

I can't emphasize enough on how grateful I am that you used animated cockroaches instead of pictures of real ones for your demonstration video. Respect...

[@xracula]

well, i mean on this channel they never show any real pictures, just animated :)

[@perpetualbystander4516]

@@xracula He's probably new to this channel.

[@xracula]

@@perpetualbystander4516 true but it’s not hard to tell that this channel never uses real pictures even if they’re new

[@perpetualbystander4516]

@@xracula Well, I don't think you should be so hard on him, because I'm sure he hasn't seen the collection of all their videos. So him not knowing they're all animated is quite understandable.

[@xracula]

@@perpetualbystander4516 i wasn’t being hard on them, i was just letting them know

[@umang3227]

One of the darkest moments of my childhood was when I realized cockroaches can actually fly.

[@FloralCrystal]

What

[@FloralCrystal]

I'm never going to Bangladesh again

[@deerinheadlights9784]

Huh. Did I miss this in the video?

[@whythatspreposterous]

@@nagashfrancis Depends on the roach

[@shyshushy]

Feeling butterfly~ paro paro g

[@annelieseharrison9027]

Cocroaches can play dead, too. Once, I saw a cocroach on its back, thinking it was dead. It looked dead and everything, so I went to get something to clean it up when I returned the cochroach wasn't there anymore. I was like, what in the world. Anyway, those things freak me out. It's the legs that get to me.

[@Jack_Sparrow131]

As far as I seen.. they lay on their backs for a reason Am not sure if they sleeping or laying eggs, but they sure don't play dead 1 cockroach can lay hundreds of eggs, U can imagine 1 surviving cockroach in the house will spread rapidly

[@annelieseharrison9027]

@Jack_Sparrow131 Roaches die on their backs, but they can play dead, too. You should look into it.

[@myusername3689]

​@@annelieseharrison9027 Annoying little bastards

[@sharkapuppet]

They can get stuck like turtles. They have a hard time getting back up on their feet 😂

[@p.p.burnell7294]

Please be my girlfriend.

[@datcatcatcat]

TED Ed has a way of making things charming. If cockroaches wore tiny clothes, I'd be more inclined to let them just hang out

[@jeppyfish3280]

yo you sus

[@catherinecao4810]

They still don’t contribute to the household.

[@cheyennekurd]

Hit the nail on the head

[@jameskung9808]

Only noble cockroaches wear three piece suits

[@catherinecao4810]

They still don’t pay rent

[@dannikkolisoria2499]

As someone who has a trauma related to this insect, resulted to phobia, I hugely thank TED Ed for using this animation. I hesitated to watch it but is also curious about any information. I’m glad this approach helps educating people who have extreme fear of roaches ( I swear, even a photo triggers me)

[@shainabuckner221]

SAME

[@shashwatsharma2406]

Same for me but for spiders

[@leoj4life]

How are you going to have trauma from a cockroach? They beat up your mum or something.

[@dannikkolisoria2499]

@@leoj4life i was around 7 years old when it happened. A colony of them, apparently, was eating a bunch of spider eggs-on our window screen. Which they made a hole and that’s when the nightmare starts

[@shashwatsharma2406]

@@dannikkolisoria2499 what happened after that??

[@nitronix2787]

When I was younger, I thought of a neat trick where when getting ready for school in the mornings, whenever I'd brush my teeth, I'd keep the lights off in the bathroom and use my phone flashlight to dimly illuminate the room. It worked for so long until one day, a roach landed directly on the back of my neck. In the dark. So being the curious lil bugger I was I grabbed the roach with a pinching gesture, felt something move, and then turned on the light and was face to face with a roach in my hand. Always check the roof y'all. You won't be the same since.

[@JourneeRocchi]

Why would u do that?

[@nitronix2787]

@@JourneeRocchi Cause I would usually stay up late trying to do homework so trying to leave the turn on the lights suddenly would hurt my eyes a lot and I'd rather get used to the light gradually :( (I usually had to wake up when it was still dark outside for school)

[@abirami05201]

noo😭 I would be traumatized for sure💀

[@runawaykiwibird7461]

I actually am more afraid of cockroaches than house spiders. Spiders seem very chill and would stay still in their place in the house, whereas the cockroach had a chance of flying inside the house. I also got rashes because of cockroaches so that adds to my level of disgust for them.

[@RaccoonGrrrl]

True... and spider even help eating mosquitoes and flies.

[@kendallstark4302]

Exactly. I have no fear of spiders since moving to an apartment building which (unbeknownst to me) had cockroaches. Spiders are the least of my problems now.

[@Primalxbeast]

I'm fine with the spiders that keep to themselves in their webs, but I hate wolf spiders. I've even had pet tarantulas, but I don't want spiders roaming around at night. Jumping spiders obviously get a pass because they're cute.

[@Apple-ei1ms]

i love spiders cuz I like to watch them hunt insects I feed them

[@eagletgriff]

I cant believe they can also fly. Like how much nightmare fuel can one insect have???

[@angrygoose23]

“Cockroaches would probably not survive a nuclear explosion.” *PROBLEM SOLVED*

[@rushunnhfernandes]

😂maybe that's Russia's real motive

[@guillermoelnino]

@@rushunnhfernandes you mean NATOs ;)

[@rushunnhfernandes]

@@guillermoelnino possibly

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

They didn't said "it was effective" They could survive if they adapted more and more

[@angrygoose23]

*sadly puts nukes away*

[@simeon2851]

The horror of scrunching one underfoot and coming back in a few minutes to find the cockroach has disappeared.

[@cpasse15]

😂

[@salehhassan9524]

OMG It happened two days ago, slapped it with a shoe and slept, next day I woke up and it disappeared.

[@yamlanki825]

If it has been a full day, it's probably the ants eating the carcass ​@@salehhassan9524

[@kiknguyen579]

If they're not pulp, high chances they're not dead YET

[@downwithmyotp]

​@salehhassan9524 How'd you just leave a cockroach body by your shoe and somehow managed to fall asleep 😭

[@lolmemes8447]

When I was a kid, I had an obsession with butterflies and moths. One evening, I was sitting outside my house as it was getting dark and I heard something fly by me. Thinking it was a moth, I eagerly extended out my arm in hopes that the really big moth would land on my hand. I got my wish; something did land on my hand. But it was not a moth. It was a really big roach that could fly. I never screamed so loud.

[@nicolesong6199]

oof noooouuuuhhh

[@imakefightsandiloveit8202]

I would kms

[@MERIDIAN2251]

The opposite of Disney movies

[@Google_remote]

bro thats therapy worthy

[@chillycoldchomper9389]

I'm so sorry

[@MrUsidd]

Finally! Someone understands our pain.

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

I know!!!!

[@Andy-js5jy]

someone can bought cockroachs on Mars???

[@empronyxx1982]

Ive never seen a cockroach in my life , no joke

[@mikehoffman2322]

@@empronyxx1982 i bet they’ve seen you

[@empronyxx1982]

@@mikehoffman2322 well i live in rural portugal and their arent seen in here at all

[@terabaap1775]

I really really hate cockroaches. I once saw a brawl happening between a huge cockroach and a lizard, and I was literally cheering for the lizard to win. The lizard actually won in the end, sat down and devoured its meal. That's the only time I've seen a cockroach in my house, but I was scared out of my wits.

[@leekzonyt9591]

Wait why was the lizard in your house?

[@bluliite]

The one time? lol I spent the night with a friend. Her mother gave me a glass of milk. I drank the milk. But as I finished, I saw a tiny roach in the milk residue at the bottom of the glass. Just thought I'd share my nightmare with you since you haven't had many experiences with roaches loll Enjoy your dreams lol.

[@seven7383]

@@leekzonyt9591 possibly a house lizard. We have a lot of those in southeast asia. I usually keep house lizards and spiders around just to fight off cockroaches. Right now, I have a couple of house lizards running around the house, and they've gotten pretty big. They help a lot with controlling insect populations like ants, crickets, and flies

[@BirdmanVeganFuture]

Clean up, thou shalt not kill

[@SpaceHitlerFrieza]

@@leekzonyt9591house lizard

[@ina733]

honestly hats off to the scientists that took the time to study cockroaches 😭😭😭 truly braver than the marines

[@poopoopoopoooo]

dsHKJASDHsd yes

[@eddieberrios6203]

Marines with a capital M

[@syruptalk]

@@eddieberrios6203 marines

[@vincharlesyuri]

@@eddieberrios6203 marines

[@darylthomas7317]

@@eddieberrios6203 Warines

[@edgaraguilar4903]

Fun Fact: you can just burn the place down instead

[@reiss2704]

Or you can get a cat cause my cat eats cockroaches

[@jidslyic1832]

@@reiss2704 Really?

[@reiss2704]

@@jidslyic1832 I give you my word

[@deepfriedtacos]

Or you can just clean the place

[@destroyerofworlds4663]

@@reiss2704 Or a dog, apparently

[@Faith_L3S5-ZERO]

i am SO GLAD that there are actually many people like me that had bad experiences or straight up phobia from these critters

[@carolynneal9773]

Hideous

[@veryberry39]

Moving to Florida, it's not the snakes or alligators I needed to worry about. It was the giant roaches. We have a pest control company come and spray the house every few months, so at least the things are usually dead when I find them. But the first time I saw one fully alive, I nearly started crying from fear. Something about that skittery way bugs move... **shudder**

[@jd1374]

Houston terrible too… really the whole south

[@cherie..cherry]

Water bugs aren’t much better 😭😭 those aren’t roaches but they’re so scary

[@WordUnheard]

I lived in Florida for a couple of years. A week after being there, I ordered a pizza. Stupidly, I left it on the porch while I walked to the store across the street from me to buy a drink. When I got back five minutes later, I picked up my pizza and heard a rustling coming from inside. When I opened the box, a giant Palmetto bug, the freakishly large roach you mentioned, scurried across my pizza and out of the box. Those things are nightmare fuel and pizza destroyers.

[@SL-ur7ds]

@@WordUnheard I can imagine that 😢that's really scary!!! just curious, do you still eat pizza?

[@thecount1374]

Just squash em. I learned the hardway of cockroaches being immune to bugspray. So I squashed em with a branch on a wire door frame.

[@sophiadong4435]

I've never see a roach in my life until I moved to Japan 7 years ago. I grow up in the north of China, and I guess it's because of the cold weather there, not only the roach, I barely saw any scary bugs. I had no idea of how big of a threat a roach can be, until one day I was woken feeling something crawled really fast on my arm....It's my 7th year in Japan, and still suffering from the trauma. Never get use to it, and living in fear everyday. Though as a science student I'm very interested about the enzymes inside their bodies...but no thanks

[@amitshirazi5285]

Thanks for the tip. bye home I'm moving to north China

[@intermilan9731]

Hmmm. We had some roaches too. But they never the audacity to crawl on the bed. They always kept to the floor And drawers.

[@sophiadong4435]

@@intermilan9731 maybe you just didn’t feel them…🌚

[@intermilan9731]

@@sophiadong4435 No never seen them on the beds. It’s like they know that’s purely human zone. Then again, roaches never got really populous, as we had those rogue house lizards that would eat them.

[@sophiadong4435]

@@intermilan9731 lucky for you then

[@snapclub8751]

Another fact about the cockroach is that it can survive without its head for about a week.

[@chaikagaz]

Worms can do that too

[@j.d.4697]

So? Humans go through their entire lives without their brains.

[@axehead45]

W h a t ?

[@itsbigcliff5178]

Wow I can't go without head for a week

[@Retroglamamour]

2:57 _“They’re equipped with genes that provide immunity against numerous pathogens. These genes are often duplicated many times over, so when infected, the cockroaches’ immune system efficiently unleashes many anti microbial molecules.”_ It’s pretty neat that scientists discovered this stuff.

[@intothevoid728]

They could've use those genes to cure cancer or aids in humans...just a thought 🥱

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Yes indeed

[@galapagoensis]

Which shows you that we probably have cures for many diseases but alas we must make money out of fools whilst protecting “knowledge” from our “commoner” minds.

[@mnbvcxzzxcvbnm]

I need this kind of immunity 😅

[@mulkanmulkan5620]

Maybe human can learn something from roach...

[@wakscientist7410]

I once set a roach trap of my own design that would not harm the things in any way. I then waited until the trap was half full of roaches...yes roaches crawling upon more roaches. I then sealed the trap and watched. I forced the roaches to live the remainder of their existence with only the other roaches as food. They consumed each other until the last one died. All that was left were chitinous shells and roach poop..like a cup full. Disturbing I admit. Here is the best part and I swear to you that it is true, there has not been one roach sighted for more than 15 years now. I don't know why, but I hope it is because the others watched in horror as their brood-mates devoured each other for my own sick twisted amusement.

[@a_a4066]

What trap?

[@wakscientist7410]

@@a_a4066 Quite simple actually. I used a 'to go' cup with the type of lid that is dome shaped instead of flat (this keeps the critters from being able to get out). I just mixed a little half & half (like a tablespoon) with some sugar. You could probably poison it, but I was attempting to be extra cruel, so I made them eat their brood mates. Happy hunting.

[@leadinglist1533]

Damn

[@subzero9024]

You’re a gangster

[@Chooong7]

I like you

[@anneh8137]

One of my most traumatising realisations was when I found that cockroaches could squeeze through the gap between my window and the wall…I’ll never forget the noise it made while slowly squeezing its way to my side of the wall.

[@incognito_tab43]

😭😭this is terrifying

[@arbalestarethebest7071]

The best and cheapest way to kill a roach is by spraying it with soap and water. The solution stops them from breathing through their spiracles by melting their outer coating, plus you could spray the areas where the roach has gone through if you want it to be clean.

[@kokoskiss1943]

True

[@Ginger_Hrn]

Even cheaper .... Use boiling water

[@rafiasyed2756]

Wow thnk u i will definitely try this.

[@Lynx-hr3xj]

@@Ginger_Hrn That’s way more dangerous and damaging to your flooring.

[@ericshin6338]

Does it work on people?

[@Powerhugful]

Ever since I can remember we used to have a MAJOR roach problem in our apartment. I'm talking, hundreds of roaches. And at night when you go in the kitchen and turn the lights on, you'd see them having a bloody convention out in the open. You literally could not take a step without squashing 20-30 pieces. The very same day we got our first dog was the last day I saw a cockroach in the apartment. Every single one vanished without a trace.

[@arandomgoose1660]

ya think your dog ate them

[@arbalestarethebest7071]

What the dog doin?

[@thekendrick1]

@@arbalestarethebest7071 about to slaughter any intruder

[@yandelitox]

Roach bUt worked for me

[@DrBrainTickler]

Everybody wants to play whack-a-mole with side effects and meanwhile, I know how to cure the situation but I have no value to society because I'm labeled a arrogant condescending narcissistic POS as well as a "nobody"... The prejudice towards intelligence is really the problem here and even though it isn't obvious, your cockroach infestation is a side effect of said prejudice. The prejudice towards intelligence has become fascist oppression.

[@Mr_Jester980]

I once remember during my kindergarten year when my classroom has a roach problem. Apparently, they managed to find their way to our class despite constant checkup to ensure that there's no bug around. Story short, about half of our school went out to our assembly point before the exterminator came in.

[@havefuntazarasu5367]

Roaches are allah, they are unique unlike anything else, impossible to exterminate, beyond time and space

[@ParveenKumar]

You can kill a few but you can't kill all of them. I am really frustrated because they are living inside my machines and no matter what I do they always come back with more in numbers. I almost broke my foot killing one of them.

[@CodenameZed]

Youre over dramatic

[@zettelkastendev3760]

interesting. What kind of machines?

[@spokeless6419]

I flabbersnackled💀💀

[@spiritmatter1553]

When you almost broke your foot, I hope it was a confirmed kill.

[@jh4277]

Have you tried talking to them nicely?

[@WallZPaper]

Hey I got a story to tell I live in India here we were facing problems of endless cockroaches. Then one day a company made a product which is in the form of a gel. The gel was so powerful that it attracts cockroaches and when consumed by cockroaches it turns them into real zombies,they started eating other cockroaches. Since it's been 10 years we haven't seen any cockroaches Edit - they eat and die at their nest and whichever cockroaches eats the dead cockroaches also dies It's called ' HIT ANTI ROACH GEL'

[@dispensergoinup]

ah the only thing that can kill cockroaches, itself

[@purplespark8]

Are you serious?

[@swaminim7058]

Yeah you mean that white tube we get in medicals?

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΚοσμίδης-ν6β]

And what happens with the last roach that remains...

[@MrNeboff]

@@ΚωνσταντίνοςΚοσμίδης-ν6β that's the final boss .

[@clover-00]

I'm surprised after reading the comments.....such horrible experiences....I'm so thankful that none of them happened to me.... I'm so scared of these creatures but now I'm trying to overcome it...

[@johnswanson217]

Keep your room as dry as possible. Like about 15%RH. Dryness is a repellent for a wide range of pests. I keep running a air dehumidifier in my bathroom and bedroom. Yet removing their food is more important. Run air purifier to filter out organic particles. Clean the waste pipes with diluted chlorophyll once in a month at least. Clean the floor with a hot mop to swipe out sticky dusts. I haven't seen a single pest for years (except some mosquitos) with these methods.

[@1tubax]

Diluted chlorophyll? Chlorophyll = plant cells that photosynthesize if I'm not mistaken. I think you meant chlorine/clorox.

[@isaactuberoso4443]

FAX me too

[@koharumi1]

Lol chlorophyll? You telling me to used diluted plants?! 😆😆

[@DavidManouchehri]

It’s next to impossible to keep humidity down if you live in an apartment near the ocean. The humidity at my place is always above 40%.

[@stefanostokatlidis4861]

Yes, with the consequence of drying your eyes and nose. No thanks, I am not a desert creature.

[@BringBackCyParkVendingMachines]

German cockroaches are literally wild man. They are so small, really fast and hard to kill, and if you move cross country (without exterminating all of your belongings) they WILL hitch a ride to your next destination.

[@alfredo5721]

Exactly, they are so annoying to deal with due to their smaller size.

[@XSemperIdem5]

Sounds like house roaches, which are not the same as the sewer roaches. The house ones are incredibly tiny when born and fit through any space. They'll even crawl into electrical outlets. You can also accidentally step on their eggs and they'll stick to your shoe so you transfer them to your car and anywhere else you go.

[@BringBackCyParkVendingMachines]

@@XSemperIdem5 trust me, I know they’re German. We have Europeans in our household.

[@whatcanyoudo6158]

@Lawrence Rogers are you that lonely? damn

[@hdbsnhdh8209]

I live in Germany an I have never seen one

[@katherinee.1213]

I love the voice of the narrator, it’s so calming and satisfying, love the intro music too with the quote every time

[@zhioba]

I'm not the first person to comment this, but I'd like to thank you for using animation. As someone who struggles with both cockroaches and an extreme fear of them at the moment, I'm curious to learn about them and prefer not have an anxiety attack for the whole next day (and I swear, even the articles advising people on how to deal with effing phobias are filled with close-up pictures). Huge thanks for making this possible.

[@paintitblack9712]

YES! I legit attempted to Google search palmetto bugs and felt nauseated immediately, articles had pictures and a close up of body and legs. I seriously have a phobia so bad my husband wants me to get hypnosis. Living in FL we get them, I can't get used to it. Traumatic everytime

[@samanthadunn7142]

The fear I have for these creatures is too real. As kids my older brother and I used to push our beds together. One night, in a shallow sleep, I told him there was a cockroach on his bed. I didn’t understand what I had said until he asked me to repeat and I woke up realized what I had said. It was underneath my hand which was on his pillow. He told me to keep my hand there while he got the bug spray. It was huge and flew around the room. I’ve never recovered from that night 🫣

[@misterhemtcha]

😨😭😭😭😭

[@ladypinkymoe7574]

I feel your terror. You brave person. I could never!!

[@Shlogger]

Wake up with one crawling on your face. The trauma is real.

[@chickenlover657]

Pretty silly dousing your pillow in poison which is more likely to kill YOU than the roach.

[@nicolemonrue]

When I was 7, I spent the night over my aunt's apt. She lived in the projects and they had a horrible roach problem. I fell asleep on her couch by accident, and when I woke up, I could hear something kinda scratching in my right ear. After a day or so, it got kinda sore. My mother took me to the hospital, and it turns out there was a roach in my ear.

[@Jk-sw9lj]

My godness why i saw this comment

[@CeliaJNBaptiste-vo1zd]

Ugh 😮😮😮😮

[@Krystal_Kitty7]

Omg 😳

[@Immeallday]

Tf

[@derekiwi]

I remember an article several years ago on a researcher looking for ways to kill cockroaches. He was trying different poisons of course, but also things like dipping in liquid nitrogen, lethal gruesome traps, burning, etc etc. I could not help thinking that if he did those things to anything other than cockroaches, like fluffy mice, he would be in prison.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

People do lethal testing on mice all the time. An ld50 Is calculated by poisoning rodents

[@eastafricandoll9308]

Cockroaches deserve to be tourtured to death, I don’t care what anyone says

[@ProcyonNite]

What's your point? Those cockroaches should be saved?

[@nbyfwalex]

INSECTS AND SEA CREATURES DONT FEEL PAIN THEY JUST KNOW THAT THEY ARE HURT!!!

[@doginboat]

​@SunnyDaDeer most insects dont but sea creatures do feel normal pain shuddup

[@Alkalus]

I heard there are now cockroach robots that will be used to save people in times of disaster. This goes to show that we can learn a lot from animals with unique abilities and use them for our own benefit.

[@DrBrainTickler]

Very cool thing to mention. I didn't watch the video but I look for valuable commenters like yourself. Cheers.

[@captainelgato8313]

Yup saw one in the Vsauce

[@whiteboymike3999]

Yes exactly the whole time I'm thinking if it's so resilient and can detoxify etc they should make something with that genetic wise or find a way to help humans etc

[@jonathanwright5338]

Now I’m picturing me under debris, i see a cockroach, and smash it until nothing is left, only to my dismay i discover it’s a rescue robot

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

Those aren't robots, they're live roaches that can be remote controlled via electrical signals to their antenna, and steered via tiny camera on their back

[@avt7457]

Boiling or really hot water kills them pretty quickly. Even with some hot water (but not boiling) adding some dish soap can do the trick.

[@psrs985]

Well the animator did a great job 👏

[@Magister195]

Like every time

[@ommsterlitz1805]

If you want a story about how hard to kill roaches are go watch Terra Formars

[@lizmaslin5258]

Well, the only thing that permanently kills roaches is diatomaceous earth dusting accross common/favorite/highly attractive. The reason this kills them is it is filtered between the layers of its exoskeleton and dries out the inner fleshy parts thus killing them quite efficiently. When roaches come into contact with it they instinctively know it's bad for them and will run away. Best, cheapest method ever!!!

[@Ethan-cz8xq]

Me when my friends come over and find diatomaceous earth coated on all of my walls

[@Greeeenmoss]

Does it pet safe and or environment safe?? Or should we hire some expert/pest control to use it??

[@ZaDussault]

@@Greeeenmoss It's pet safe, it's not a chemical, and it's only going to be dangerous on very small critters like insects. Maybe it could be harmful to other local fauna, but in your house, it's okay. I would not breathe it in, but even then I don't think it's considered dangerous if it's only a little amount. EDIT: I went to check and yeah, it's harmless unless you breathe it intensely, but so is sand and anything else.

[@JiannaSandoval]

@@Greeeenmoss it actually deworms your pets and we can eat it too. It's really safe

[@Mobus_]

It that like boric acid? Sounds like it kills the same way.

[@ziff_1]

One of the funniest educational videos I've yet seen.

[@gemstone108]

If you’re dealing with roaches right now, I highly reccomend HoyHoy sticky traps. I live in a tiny apartment and have dealt with roaches in my kitchen sink and cabinets. I set two of these down and they flock to them. I haven’t seen a roach anywhere but in those traps in weeks! It helps to not leave dishes in the sink and clean regularly too.

[@nml5317]

i never understand using traps, the whole point is to not let them in the house, traps are attracting them into it, you are just calling for more

[@gemstone108]

@@nml5317 I always figured they were for if you were already infested, and if they kept getting trapped, eventually there’d be so few of them they couldn’t breed anymore. I don’t see them crawling all over my sink though and that’s the most I could ask for. I hate pesticides too, and even the ones I tried didn’t do anything. 🤷‍♀️

[@nml5317]

@@gemstone108 would smoke bomb the entire house and put repellent spray on all windows+door frames, especially in tiny apartments, instant result but gotta clean the house properly right after, which is a bonus point to me since infested house needs a cleanse anyways. It's a nightmare that I'd have to toss away traps with live roachES stuck to it for weeks.

[@russelldevaney7001]

We opened a fuel tank on a ship once when it was partially full of diesel oil, and discovered many cockroaches happily swimming in the diesel fuel. They had accessed the tank via a vent, and seemed quite happy with nothing more to eat but diesel and each other 🤣

[@BrianBourgeois-]

Probably were eating the algae that grows in the diesel.

[@jbones360]

Im glad you animated this, and didn’t use stock footage. Thank you.

[@beautifulday1665]

I once saw a roach that was so fast it LITERALLY made me question myself whether I saw a roach or something else that could be that fast!!!

[@NaumB]

These cockroaches are better adapted to living among humans than me

[@Forthecontent1]

Understated comment 👍👍😂😂😂

[@fossilrea]

*DEEP*

[@nicm.z9868]

Asian grandfather with slippers: Am I a joke to you?

[@kiarona.]

My dad was posted up in Queensland in the army at one point. He told me stories of the giant roaches they had there - his brother once emptied an entire can of bug spray onto one on the kitchen floor, and it swam out of the puddle of pesticide and scurried away!🤣 Must have been one of the poisons they had grown immune to. Another time dad said he was woken by a rustling in the lounge room in the middle of the night. He grabbed a cricket bat, ran into the room, and it was empty! He spotted a pile of newspaper moving in the corner, lifted the paper with the bat held ready - and an enormous cockroach stared back at him from the middle of the pile. Dad says he swears the roach looked up at him and went "What!" Dad just put the newspaper back, put the bat down, and went back to bed 🤣🤣🤣

[@AnansiTheSpider8]

+Kiara I: I hope your father charged that roach for rent. LOL

[@t.walteranthonio8805]

Giant roaches, giant spiders, unidentified bugs like spider with wings… My respect for Australians grow everyday.

[@louislacey2383]

😄

[@speedracer1945]

Roaches here in Florida are 5 inches long and huge . They even climb though these like moist areas .

[@Edwardo160]

Roaches there look like they wear a yellow mask, it's so cool 😂

[@hotpinkmadness3528]

I have always loved ted-ed's animations. Every video has a different and unique animation which makes it fun and entertaining for the audience no matter the age.

[@pleasedont7787]

They're really easy to squish. They don't see you're about to do it and they don't run really fast. But as far as getting rid of all of them it's impossible. I've lived here 2 years and saw my first cockroach the day I moved in. I've used spray, natural spray, gel, tablet poison, poison bait caves, professional exterminator, sticky traps, and of course keeping my house spotless. All that helped to varying degrees. Some things I've used multiple times. But in the end I can't get rid of them completely.

[@damedesuka77]

Whoever pitched the idea to add rock music BGM on top of the screaming lady at 0:17 needs to get a raise. It sounds like a legit rock concert 😂

[@davidrenton]

I remember as a child on holiday in Spain, there was a path down to the beach, during daytime, fine, at night, the floor just moved with cockroaches, they covered the whole path, the worst however was in Taiwan when my friend had a cockroach in his kitchen, that all i can say flew at you, it didn't run , it divebombed you, never have you seen 5 adults scream in terror so much.

[@Aether_Inc]

3:31 *that scene kinda triggers a remorse impulse for some reason* that or I'm too nice.

[@GnarpyFan-G]

OMG I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME THAT FELT BAD FOR THE ROACH

[@cattsmither1879]

Ted-Ed :"Cockroaches are only mildly tolerant to radiation. They would die and probably not survive a nuclear apocalypse." Me: Well then I think we know what hast to be done! (Proceeds to call Russia)

[@amansinghbhadauria2818]

I love how everyone here is sharing their roaches' stories.

[@XSemperIdem5]

We're all bonding over our roach traumas and sharing some good roach killing tips 😅

[@riahdoesyoutube22]

@@XSemperIdem5 roaches are so irritating 💀

[@mayec2849]

😂😂

[@aramalqestoma1450]

I once was up at night and had opened my fridge to get some food and right under the fridge doorway was a little guy called a cockroach and when I opened it he ran around me uncontrollably in fear and then actually started to run away and meanwhile while he had been running around me I was jumping to avoid even being touched by the little dude while screaming. Sometimes I wonder if they even know some people are scared of them as much as they are scared of the people.

[@GRGN3]

*World domination*

[@KarenJohnson-ej3cj]

Would gladly swap the ones I've encountered to those that are scared of people

[@matthewjay660]

4:28 Dead roaches. ☠️ Best image ever.

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

Roahes: same goes for humans

[@justaman9344]

“Cockroaches don't die when they are killed” - Shirou Emiya

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

LMAO

[@moniquefletcher2186]

🤣😂🤣😅

[@BEBEiiCR4Zii]

don’t say such scary words

[@phoenixgaming5308]

😭😂

[@joydixon3440]

Ya they just Hibernate

[@lemuelwonah7076]

Funny how almost everyone is united by a fear/hatred of roaches

[@mausunk]

I believe there's a saying that goes a little something like: "everyone's brave until the cockroach starts flying" lmao

[@dogsarelife3876]

00:08 Gen Z to the Egyptians after seeing this: You and I are not so different

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

Yup definitely

[@mokka_commentry]

Nah it was gruesome back then.

[@halah-maryamnaufel8653]

“Everyone is a gangster until I start flyin” -cockroach.

[@grandmasterkevv]

I doubt anybody here has had more bad experiences with roaches than I have. My most recent experience was taking a drink of my can soda and a German roach was inside it. It went inside my mouth and I instantly spit everything out. That's just one bad story out of many....I'm cursed 😭

[@rickyticky3350]

what did it taste like ?

[@stefanostokatlidis4861]

I nearly drank one in a glass of water once. I am desensitized to them low, as I am using them for reptile and amphibian food for so long.

[@BruhTNT4258]

I had a similar experience with flies in my soup….😢

[@defend4ever]

That happened to me once at a park except it was a bee

[@bubblesawesome3284]

Noooo 💀

[@GraveUypo]

stepping on them never failed me.

[@reiss2704]

Or biting their head off

[@shayloves]

I heard this spreads eggs and it’s not good to step on them

[@deepfriedtacos]

*slapping 🤣

[@Blue_Mike]

@@shayloves Wait fr?

[@shayloves]

@@Blue_Mike if you step on it and don’t clean your shoe you risk spreading the eggs wherever you step (sometimes it can be stuck to a crevice in your shoe) 😬 be careful out here

[@thelostandunfounds]

1:31 186 mph America.

[@officialalpha7307]

Insects are annoyingly successful

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

And awesome

[@rosariamuyaule7269]

You can say that again....

[@CancerGameplay]

@@rosariamuyaule7269 insects are annoyingly successful

[@deminigamage9438]

I wish cockroaches would be funny and comic in real life also. 😅

[@lilestojkovicii6618]

Once a cockroach entered my mouth during the night while I was sleeping and woke me up I still have flashbacks

[@adammokhtar8868]

Cockroach at 00:24 : "Ah yes what a great view"

[@oldmandave6039]

4:12 They may be resistant to chemicals, but they won't resist my slippers. In this house, I am called the cockroach terminator 😎

[@Friendship1nmillion]

*AND* at 2:38 of the #Video 📲 and onwards when mention of what German 🇩🇪 cockroaches 🪳 eat - I was glad 🥳 I wasn't eating while watching this video 📼 . ♑️✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴

[@warriorskitcat3859]

Lol I use a fly swatter until it is in peices

[@marymccluer1630]

In Florida, they used to say, "Where there's one roach, there's more" because there is usually a large nest out of sight, often hidden in the walls.

[@RideNBite]

3:37 that dramatic music 🙂

[@FusionDeveloper]

Just a bonus note: Palmetto bug (Eurycotis floridana) are also confused with the naming of the "American Cockroaches" (Periplaneta americana). I hate calling either of them "Palmetto bugs" because it falsely leads people to believe that they aren't roaches. Both species I mentioned are cockroaches. It is best to avoid calling roaches, something without the word "roach" with it.

[@ILoveSweetWaterMelon-ti2sq]

Don't call them cockroaches, just call them sprunkis.

[@phoenixgriffin2562]

We need to give this guy he's own TV channel....this is both beautifully animated & explained. Amazing stuff

[@SamaelPoisons]

I think a team works on these. Not just 1 guy.

[@truentales]

😂😂😂 who watch tv now a days 😅😅

[@phoenixgriffin2562]

@@SamaelPoisons ok I know that but bruh I can't mention the entire team....it was just figuratively speaking, 🙄

[@phoenixgriffin2562]

@@truentales Maybe you don't....no matter how big KZbin gets there's always time for some TV bruuuhh.....

[@NOOBCRASTINATOR69]

@@phoenixgriffin2562 nope!!..I've not watched TV for 3 or maybe 4 yrs

[@430nanaaananana]

I remember seeing a cockroach in my grandmas house, I grabbed bug spray and kept spraying it until it stopped moving and I went on w my day as if I didn’t just attempt cockroach murder😭 and when I went back it wasn’t there anymore, a few days later I found a cockroach in my room, it was out to get me

[@lorgerdat]

My bro slept with a cockroach on his pillow and managed to mash it all over his pillow while he tossed and turned. It was not a pretty sight when he woke up.

[@Milkiestman]

I studied cockroaches for my post grad degree. For the study we cut their heads off. They would keep breathing for weeks afterwards.

[@palarcon08]

This literally made me shiver LOL

[@Milkiestman]

@@palarcon08 Think how I felt! They were the size of my hand. Insects have de-centralized nervous systems so can still do stuff like walk around and vibe without their brains :)

[@palarcon08]

@@Milkiestman LOL Ommmgggg serious props from me for doing that kind of research because I don't think I could even step into the lab just knowing they were in there!

[@beparis5343]

😱

[@julia-p1m6q]

@@Milkiestman AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@konohamaru8497]

Animation is so good, keep it up!

[@Magister195]

Like every time

[@konohamaru8497]

@@Magister195 with that level of animation they must be payed well

[@asilerio1003]

Wow i loved the animation you got my attention and it wasn't boring you are an amazing KZbinr keep it up

[@naryanr]

I literally moved a thousand miles due north to escape hot weather, and for many reasons, but #1 among all of them was cockroaches.

[@Mobus_]

That was always my wish as well, however, I learned that mosquitos are crazy even close to the artic circle.

[@Sterilite101]

They are.

[@TheMidnightCloak]

I wish I could do the same. Unfortunately I’m stuck in Hawaii.

[@stefanostokatlidis4861]

Yes but the variety of reptiles overcompensate for the roaches. Cold is the enemy of life.

[@Mobus_]

The best way to kill them is dehydration. Boric acid breaks down the chitin allowing water to evaporate. Roach traps work really well because they ingest the boric acid.

[@HuanRazboinic]

I read one time on Reddit that some guy was trying to breed roaches that were immune to the most powerful insecticides. Well, it was either roaches or bedbugs.

[@mav1783]

Roaches are the reason why I always wear slippers around the house now. I got over my fear with pure anger and annoyance at the roaches having the audacity to disturb my peace.

[@alkasaket379]

I once heard somewhere they can adapt to any kind of poison so can keep on living

[@paigesisserman9018]

I live in Florida. you're absolutely correct. I finally found an exterminator who eliminated them about 2 years ago. 😂😂

[@citizenmattify]

Bait resistance is common amongst many pests. Poor control of pesticides is to blame.

[@DrBrainTickler]

Poisons just create poison resistant batches of cockroaches and many other "pests". It's very similar to the super bugs that are resistant to antibiotics. And again, I keep wondering when the world's going to realize that their strategies are so basic, their leaders are all heuristical thinkers to the point where most everything the world decides is a good idea and invests in is actually a catastrophe in slow motion? Meanwhile the smartest people alive have no voice and everyone hates us; we are oppressed and impoverished yet it's us that are the only life forms on this planet that have a chance of managing the complexity of reality and coming up with effective strategies. I suppose, the smartest people alive don't want the job that politicians so readily bite and claw to get and of course all those politicians are lawyers and business people. Unfortunately for me, I accept responsibility. I know that the rest of the world isn't qualified to lead and that everyone who has the money is not successful but rather manipulative or just privileged and they have far too much power for their own good and of course it ruins people's lives... Even though I don't want the job of cleaning up the mess of our predecessors, I will continually insist that I must be empowered to do so because I know I can do a better job and people will die unnecessarily if I don't accept responsibility. Every intelligent person that happens upon this comment, you must think carefully about this and accept the consequences of what happens when you don't accept responsibility. If you don't want the job then at least empower me to do what you won't or what you can't. Signed bobboss # 3563 (remove the spaces and add me on discord if you actually want to do something productive instead of just watching the world burn... We'll have a conversation and if everything goes well, I'll invite you to a community I'm helping build of which has multiple purposes that ultimately all lead to empowering the smartest people alive to fix the world's problems... And I mean fix the world's problems not Band-Aids or whack-a-mole strategies.)

[@gustavsantos6225]

well if nothing works the video show that you can always throw a nuclear bomb in their colonies

[@dreamerssummer2396]

I find out that owning a cat is the most effective way to fighting against cockroaches 😂. Bravo cat!

[@achinthyas1893]

Ted Ed always gives fantastic information ❤️❤️❤️

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

I know right?

[@purplespark8]

It's 2022 and scientists still haven't figured out a way to kill cockroaches and, esp. bed bugs

[@Em1n3mka]

Love the way this is explained! :)

[@gwitched3217]

*Why are cockroaches so hard to kill* Asian Mom slippers: Are you sure about that? 🤨

[@mahapatrasohamm]

I can rip their guts and make them spill on the ground by rapidly moving my footwear back and forth. It leaves a mess

[@dianett2333]

i live in Hong Kong so there are a lot of those huge cockroaches around here, i am so scared I've developed the habit of looking at the ground before taking any step when i am walking in the street at night

[@Enaah-bf7ty]

Two things you can use to kill me: Roaches and Grasshoppers. 😂

[@jibberwocky4054]

thankful that the houses weve moved from and into in the uk have never had a roach problem, i cant imagine thousands of small “unkillable” roaches doing whatever they want i can however, still remember and imagine the huge cockroach at my aunties house back in africa. regardless of whether i find them creepy or cute, i hope they do well for themselves and the environment without causing anyone any harm

[@IDontReallyWantAYoutubeHandle]

In my house, we had a bit of a cockroach problem (Australia so they're huge of course) though it was less of an annoyance and actually an convenience, since we had this huge Bearded Dragon which LOVED to gobble them up. Simply stun it with a hard stomp or even just catch it by the antenna (easier than you'd think it'd be, or we were just experienced enough) and feed it to the beast

[@schang_lh]

Is Bearded Dragon a type of house spider that eats roaches and other spiders? I rmb seeing a comment saying Austrians keep a pet spider in their washroom for conventional purposes. Idk if that’s true or not tho.

[@Jaydenwhip]

Sarah C They’re lizards

[@Indigomoonn]

You are fearless

[@IDontReallyWantAYoutubeHandle]

@@schang_lh Lmao they're a type of big lizard. You're thinking about Huntsman and Daddy Long leg Spiders (usually the latter but I know somebody who keeps huntsmen around.) We do let them stick around if they show up as they're generally docile and eat some of the nastier creatures, including some that are dangerous to us (like funnel web spiders)

[@Zak-tk8wv]

@@schang_lh yes

[@drybeanz1995]

Finally another answer to a lifelong question everyone forgot to ask but always remembered on thanks to TED

[@nagitoyup6929]

Impressed about its immune system. Was there any viruses/bacteria killed lots of cockroaches? Like a cockroach pandemic?.

[@Krishnadiadas2011]

“Everything you throw at them” Shoes:

[@rajat_singla]

"Cockroaches are not immune to radiation" _Books a ticket to Chernobyl_

[@joewilenzik9119]

Fun fact. Cockroaches are absolute neat-freaks who spend a majority of their lives grooming themselves

[@_Deathlord_]

Ameya Gondhalekar- Hum aya gunda lekar

[@yecto1332]

Love how cockroach is going for shopping with cart

[@awer1014]

It will eat the wrapping of the shopping if it's made of paper.

[@dshnmusic]

Let’s take a moment and appreciate the Animation team 👍🏻