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>>Milk can be made from the Diploptera punctata cockroach, the only variant of cockroach known to give birth rather than lay eggs. It is found mostly on Pacific
by 0xcafecafe 8y ago
>>Milk can be made from the Diploptera punctata cockroach, the only variant of cockroach known to give birth rather than lay eggs. It is found mostly on Pacific islands.
Wow, I did not know that.
- blacksmith_tb 8y agoStrange but true[1] it seems. It is peculiar enough for an insect to give birth to live young, but making milk is even more bizarre. 1: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1525-142X.2004.04012.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1525-142X....