... any scheme. They adapt quickly. Gotta love cockroach research! "Mythbusters" on the Discovery channel recently tested the "post atomic war" cockroach survival theories at the Pacific Northwest National ... 1000 rads is lethal to humans. Some cockroaches in the first two groups survived, but... with some authority on the adaptability of cockroaches. At Ohio State there used to be ...

... wrote:- Try *soapy* water in your ice cream tub. Used dishwater will do. A cockroach can survive for a month in an atmosphere of HCl fumes (I ran the experiment in...yes... they were too hard to crush with your fingers -- and obviously they didn't bite effectively). Cockroaches have no lungs or gills. They respire by diffusion through their exoskeletons. I believe they...

Sir Frederick wrote: Another question : Do cockroaches experience an "I"? Do they experience anything? -- Try to step on a cockroach. It skitters away from you. It could only do this if it were experiencing your foot. QED - Don

...@comcast.com... "George Dance" <georgedance04@yahoo.ca> wrote in news:1168467053.292037.45550 @p59g2000hsd.googlegroups.com: Sir Frederick wrote: Another question : Do cockroaches experience an "I"? Do they experience anything? They appear to be able to experience light and motion; as they run away from both. Since they don't have ...

... The 'feel' of something as distinguished from the expression of the feeling of something. Isn't this discussion about cockroaches predicated on something like the same idea, viz: The cockroach could be feeling something, but we can't ask it so how do we know? And if I ...

... senses I think we can say: A cockroach is aware in the sense that it ...impossible) to say whether or not a cockroach is aware in the sense of /deliberately...(although I've no doubt we talk of cockroaches choosing a mate). A cockroach is knowing in the sense that it might follow a well-used ... balance of evidence for the view that cockroaches are largely automagic creatures which exhibit some ...

... I believe that *is* true). Then cockroaches have the notion of "self". How... the OP's question of whether cockroaches have conscious experience or not? In... How do we find out whether cockroaches experience? We know already that they ... that would help us answer the cockroach question? I fail to visualize the...is that we can postulate that cockroaches experience a great many things, ...

... the OP's question about cockroaches. Suppose it's true that ... believe that *is* true). Then cockroaches have the notion of "self".... OP's question of whether cockroaches have conscious experience or not?... I try to kill a cockroach in my kitchen and it ... do we find out whether cockroaches experience? We know already that ... would help us answer the cockroach question? I fail to visualize...

... Tim" <qwery@qwerty.com> wrote: Since the human body is fifty to ninety percent bacteria and other single celled nonhuman little bugs, what can you expect? Same for cockroaches. I'm sure that you could significantly reduce that percentage if you were to buy and use a toothbrush. http://www.fuzzysys.com/ Criminal Timmy (100%% bacteria) : ...

..."criminal Tim" <qwery@qwerty.com> wrote: Since the human body is fifty to ninety percent bacteria and other single celled nonhuman little bugs, what can you expect? Same for cockroaches. I'm sure that you could significantly reduce that percentage if you were to buy and use a toothbrush. http://www.fuzzysys.com/ Criminal Timmy (100%% bacteria) : Cataracts at ...