Cock Roaches, Run for your lives!

Cock Roaches, Run for your lives!
You are probably asking, “Why is Sister Taylor talking about cock roaches?”
Well, let me tell you!
First of all, when the missionaries come into the MTC we tell them, “Don’t take food to your rooms; bugs like food!” We spray every 19 days, but with the moisture in the Philippines, it isn’t enough.
Second, Sister Riddle came down the other day with a big sore on her chin. When she went to the kitchen the cook told her that it looked like a cock roach bite. Sister Riddle yelled, “Cock roaches don’t bite!” “Yes they do,” said the cook. Sister Riddle ran down stairs to her computer and found that cock roaches do bite, but it is rare. She returned to her apartment and looked by the side of her bed; there lay a 2 ½ inch cock roach.
Now let me tell you the facts:
• They have been around for 280 million years.
• They laze (lounge) around 75% of the time.
• They can run 3 miles / hr. when they are up.
• There are 5, 000 species worldwide.
• The name comes from the Spanish word Cucaracha.
• The largest is from South America measuring 6 inches with a 1 foot wing span.
• They come out of water rather than food.
• They can hold their breath for 40 minutes.
• They have white blood.
• They carry TB, Cholera, leprosy, dysentery, typhoid, 40 bacteria’s (Salmonella), viruses, and can cause allergies.
• They are eaten in Cambodia as a snack.
We don’t snack on cock roaches here, and we sure enough don’t want them as bed bugs.
So, we are cleaning up and putting on our “Hazmat” outfit to spray.

Cock Roaches, Run for your lives

Debra S. Taylor Oct. 2011