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Squelchy robots
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 3:56 pm
by Ben B
Crunchy robots
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:00 pm
by jimbob
Re: Crunchy robots
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:16 am
by Ben B
That's pretty cool.
I'm looking forward to them creating an abominable monstrosity cockroach the size of a horse that we can all fly around on like a revolting pegasus.
Re: Crunchy robots
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:36 am
by Nero
That's pretty cool.
I'm looking forward to them creating an abominable monstrosity cockroach the size of a horse that we can all fly around on like a revolting pegasus.
Erm, cockroaches don'y fly. Do they?
Re: Crunchy robots
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:52 am
by Ben B
Nero wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:36 am
That's pretty cool.
I'm looking forward to them creating an abominable monstrosity cockroach the size of a horse that we can all fly around on like a revolting pegasus.
Erm, cockroaches don'y fly. Do they?
f.ck. I was thinking of locusts. Or possibly crickets.
Re: Crunchy robots
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:38 am
by Martin_B
Nero wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:36 am
That's pretty cool.
I'm looking forward to them creating an abominable monstrosity cockroach the size of a horse that we can all fly around on like a revolting pegasus.
Erm, cockroaches don'y fly. Do they?
Yes. Admittedly, some species may not be able to. The Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (the ones most people think of, because they are big and good for movies, such as Men in Black) are wingless, but most cockroaches have wings.
Re: Crunchy robots
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 11:24 am
by Nero
Yes. Admittedly, some species may not be able to. The Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (the ones most people think of, because they are big and good for movies, such as Men in Black) are wingless, but most cockroaches have wings.
From here:
https://www.terminix.com/blog/bug-facts ... aches-fly/
Can cockroaches fly?
Many species of cockroaches have wings, but not all are good flyers. In fact, most cockroaches do not fly at all.
There are several species capable of flying short distances and a number of other species – including American cockroaches – that use their wings to glide from high elevations to lower surfaces.
Male Pennsylvania woods cockroaches and smoky brown cockroaches are both strong flyers. Australian, Asian and Cuban cockroaches are also capable of flight, but none of these could truly be labeled flying cockroaches.
Well there you go, where's the "learnt something new" thread? Who'd have known?
Re: Crunchy robots
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:13 pm
by Gfamily
From A level biology I remember that cockroach mouth-parts means they cannot drink, so their water has to come from food and what is generated in respiration.
They have incredible capacity for extracting moisture from their gut, and I believe their gut makes a sausage-skin like 'casing' for their faeces to protect their lower gut from abrasion by the dry rough pellets they pass.
Fascinating as subjects, and indeed crunchy.
Re: Crunchy robots
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 4:03 pm
by basementer
Gfamily wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:13 pm
From A level biology I remember that cockroach mouth-parts means they cannot drink, so their water has to come from food and what is generated in respiration.
They have incredible capacity for extracting moisture from their gut, and I believe their gut makes a sausage-skin like 'casing' for their faeces to protect their lower gut from abrasion by the dry rough pellets they pass.
Fascinating as subjects, and indeed crunchy.
Are you thinking of Crunchy Frog, and Cockroach Cluster?
Re: Crunchy robots
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 4:09 pm
by Gfamily
basementer wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 4:03 pm
Gfamily wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:13 pm
From A level biology I remember that cockroach mouth-parts means they cannot drink, so their water has to come from food and what is generated in respiration.
They have incredible capacity for extracting moisture from their gut, and I believe their gut makes a sausage-skin like 'casing' for their faeces to protect their lower gut from abrasion by the dry rough pellets they pass.
Fascinating as subjects, and indeed crunchy.
Are you thinking of Crunchy Frog, and Cockroach Cluster?
Crunchy is as crunchy does - moreso than, say, Anthrax Ripple