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DNA Reveals How German Cockroaches Came to Dominate the World

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Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-reveals-how-german-cockroaches-came-to-dominate-the-world-180984396/?

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  • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The real third reich

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They was bugs all along. Better for stomping.

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      • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They ratatouilled the Nazis just to reach the whole world.

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    • lemmus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The real third roach

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  • srsh@lemmy.wtf ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Typical german behaviour

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  • JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because they won cockroach world war 2?

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  • 42yeah@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “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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    • CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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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      • Undaunted@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        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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    • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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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  • Mikufan@ani.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Cause you all lack flamethrowers!

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    • RelativeArea0@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You mean flammenwerfer

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      • Mikufan@ani.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        HANZ! BRING DEN FLAMMENWERFER!

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      • Jimbo@yiffit.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It werfs flammen

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  • Socsa@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    By living in German cocks, obviously

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  • newerAccountWhoDis@hexbear.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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