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Why There Are No Fifty Foot Cockroaches

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American Cockroach (Photo: Wiki Commons)

Sorry B-Flick Movie Lovers, 50 Foot Cockroaches Can't Really Exist!

I absolutely adore good B-flick movies, especially those with giant lizards, killer tarantulas, man-eating mole rats, and destructive turtles. However, the biologist in me always has a running commentary in the back of my head when I watch those films, I can't help it. So, just because it's useless fun knowledge, here's why it is impossible for fifty foot cockroaches to exist:

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Cockroach (Photo: Wiki Commons)

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