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Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches

Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches

Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches

Great for all ages

The Madagascar hissing cockroach is best known for its loud hissing noise when scared.  They have breathing tubes on their sides that they force air through to make this hissing noise.The sound resembles a snake hissing to scare away predators.

Native to the rainforest, these insects may make your skin crawl, but are extremely important to the ecosystem.  They do not carry the diseases and parasites that our home grown roaches do, so they are safe (and honestly kind of fun) to handle.

 

*Fun fact: did you know you can eat these cockroaches? Rumor has it, they are good with soy sauce.