Can Cockroaches Survive a Nuclear Bomb? page all

KOMPAS.com – Evolutionarily speaking, cockroaches are very successful animals.

Cockroaches have lived for about 300 million years, far longer than humans.

Cockroaches are also believed to be able to outlive humans and possibly all species in the event of a nuclear war.

This belief seems reasonable, considering that cockroaches are tough little animals.

Some cockroaches can survive without food for more than a month and cockroaches have certain characteristics that will help them survive a nuclear war.

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Cockroaches also reproduce quickly and in large numbers.

This gives the cockroach an evolutionary advantage over other slower-reproducing species.

Is it true that cockroaches can survive? nuclear bomb?

Reported from Live Science, Cockroaches have a higher tolerance for radiation than other animals (especially compared to humans).

However, this ability will only help them survive the long-term radioactive contamination that can occur after a nuclear explosion.

If cockroaches were near nuclear zero, they too would be charred.

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Cockroaches are also very well adapted to various conditions and even develop tolerance and immunity to toxins.

To test the resistance of cockroaches to radiation, the Mythbusters Discovery Channel team re-examined the claim by conducting tests using three types of insects: cockroaches, flour beetles and fruit flies.

Test results showed that while cockroaches were able to withstand radiation doses 10 times higher than lethal to humans, flour beetles actually fared much better than cockroaches.

However, there are about 4,000 different species of cockroaches. With so many types of cockroaches around the world, it is possible that a few cockroaches could survive a global nuclear catastrophe, largely depending on their radiation exposure.

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