Hi Now that Marc has revealed his moral lapses when it comes to cockroaches, I feel more comfortable reporting my own "investigation" of the durability of the species (the big ones). We had a few in our house in Greece a few years ago (until I plugged up a hole in the wall under the kitchen counters). They would be seen when you turned on the lights in a dark room and they would quickly scurry into hiding. I managed to catch one by covering it in a small plastic container. I covered the top tightly with Saran wrap. It was quite a few days (presumably without oxygen or food of any sort) before it failed to move when the container was shook. At risk of anthropomorphizing (or engaging in moral justification), the cockroach never seemed to struggle or suffer very much, or at least there were no visible signs of such. Another interesting observation was that there did not appear to be any "matter" excreted by the cockroach during the entire time, at least as far as I remember. Do insects in general or cockroaches in particular excrete waste matter?
Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology U Winnipeg Room 4L41A 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax ________________________________________ From: Marc Carter [marc.car...@bakeru.edu] Sent: June-14-13 10:35 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] For Your Next Lab Class: How To Build Your Own Cyborg Cockroach Starship Troopers: loved the book, hated the movie -- too much gore and none of the good stuff (the drama, the sociology, etc). And the German roach (I lived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn before moving here) doesn't really capture "cockroach" to me. They're almost cute, except when you get an infestation. Those giant winged bastards I grew up with, on the other hand... And the story about the freezer is true: friend of mine and I captured on, put it in a little cage, and left it in the freezer for close to a half hour. It was fine. Then we shot it, and I am not sorry. ;) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 10:00 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Cc: Michael Palij > Subject: RE: [tips] For Your Next Lab Class: How To Build Your Own > Cyborg Cockroach > > On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:31:31 -0700, Marc Carter wrote: > >Lipstick on a pig. It's always and ever going to be a cockroach, no > >matter how robocopy you make it. I have horror stories, and we kept a > >very clean house when I was living down there. > >Those things are NOT to be trifled with. Two-and-a-half inches of > >winged evil. > > Just a couple of points: > > (1) My experience with cockroaches is almost exclusively with NY > roaches which I believe are from the family of "German" roaches and > rarely reach one inch in length (what New Yorkers call "waterbugs" are > much larger bugs but are rare -- these look somewhat like that roaches > in the video but I can't say for sure since it's been a while since I > saw one up and personal). > > (2) I'm betting you're big fan of "Starship Troopers" and not for > reasons having to do with either Robert Heinlein or Paul Verhoeven > (also of Robocop fame). > ;-) > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=26068 or send a blank email to leave-26068-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=26069 or send a blank email to leave-26069-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
