Roaches use their feelers as noses. 
The world's largest roach is six inches long with a one-foot wingspan.
The world's largest roach lives in South America.
Some roaches are tiny and live in ant nests.
Tropical cockroaches are often brightly colored green, yellow, red.
If you were to collect one of every species of cockroach found in the world, you'd need a lot of jars to put them in. There are some 5,000 species of cockroaches worldwide.
Most species of cockroaches live in the tropics.
Cockroaches have six hairy legs. The tiny hairs found on each leg give them their sense of touch.
Cockroaches have 6 legs and least 18 knees!!!
Many cockroaches can fly and have beautiful diaphanous--or see-through--wings. Tinkerbelle would be jealous.
Cockroach kidneys look like a bunch of writhing snakes. (Yak!)
Pregnant for life? It doesn't sound like much fun, but some female cockroaches mate once and are pregnant for the rest of their lives.
Roaches live all over the world, including the North and South Poles. In extremely cold places, however, they survive by moving in with humans.
No food for a month--not even a crumb? Roaches can go without eating for a month but will only live a week without water.
It's hard to sneak up on a roach. They have one great big nerve connecting their tails to their heads, alerting them to danger from behind.
Roaches have faster reflexes than humans--even faster than Michael Jordan's.
Roaches can swim and hold their breath for 40 minutes. But they breathe through their sides--not their noses--which makes it tough to come up for air.
Do you run away when your big brother takes off his smelly tennis shoes? Not roaches. They recognize family and friends by their distinctive odors.
You outgrow your clothes; roaches outgrow their skeletons. As roaches grow, they shed their external skeletons several times a year.
No, it's not an albino. If you see a white cockroach, it has just shed its skin.
A cockroach that has just shed its skin is white with black eyes. (Just call it Casper the Cockroach.) After eight hours, however, it will regain its regular shell coloring.
American cockroaches are speedy little creatures. They can run up to three miles in an hour.
Ever wonder how cockroaches climb walls? They are equipped with a set of little claws on their feet designed for that very purpose.
Male cockroaches weigh less than female cockroaches, and males can fly and flee faster.
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