TRIBUNNEWS.COM — Cockroaches are one of the animals that have existed since the time of the dinosaurs tens of millions of years ago.
Despite its small size, this animal actually survived the impact of a giant asteroid to earth that caused other large animals to become extinct.
The asteroid impact event was the cause of the mass extinction that destroyed many living things, including the dinosaurs.
This has finally made some people wonder how cockroaches protect themselves, during the impact of space rocks 66 million years ago.
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So how cockroach survive the impact of the giant asteroid? Reported from Live Science, Monday (4/4/2022) when a rock called Chicxulub fell from space and hit Earthcockroaches are known to live there.
Cockroaches are also one of the animals that survived the phenomenon that wiped out three-quarters of the plants and animals in the world Earth dead including dinosaurs.
Method cockroach survive, according to postdoctoral researcher at West Virginia University, Brian Lovett, because cockroach have a very good body shape to survive, even when a meteor disaster occurs though.
“If you’ve ever seen a cockroach, you’ve probably noticed that their body is very flat. This is not a coincidence,” said Lovett.
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Insects that have a flatter body, he said, can squeeze themselves into a narrower place.
Thus, cockroach can hide in hard-to-reach places and help it survive the impact of Chicxulub, the asteroid that caused the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.
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