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Giant cockroaches among $200,000 worth of illegal insects seized in Australia (www.bbc.com)

submitted 4 days ago by resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And why the fuck would anyone want a giant cockroach? That's the stuff of nightmares.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Probably for an ex.

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

That makes sense. Imagine discovering one of those fuckers in your underwear drawer.

[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How can insects be worth 200 000!?

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

People buy them for pets.

People buy them for science.

People buy them to make honey.

[–] Crit@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

cockroach honey? 🤢

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

That'd be cool, but the question was about insects in general

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

So are they illegal because they don't want them escaping? It said wood cockroaches are legal for feeder insects. I can't imagine regular cockroaches haven't colonized them yet.