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It is on the head, but it isn't a hole. I imagined it to be more like filing the smooth surface of one of your nails at there are no nerve endings located in th
by gnerd 13y ago
It is on the head, but it isn't a hole. I imagined it to be more like filing the smooth surface of one of your nails at there are no nerve endings located in the exoskeleton (which is why insects shed their chitin exoskeletons until maturity).
Chitin is the arthropods version of keratin (the stuff your hair and nails are made of).
- thaumasiotes 13y agoIf someone filed down my nails to the point where they were gone, I'd be more than a little distressed. The skin under the nails is incredibly sensitive (I believe it becomes less so over time when exposed to the air, but we are talking about filing off a protective coating here). If they wouldn't grow back (no idea whether that applies to the cockroaches or not), I'd feel much worse.
- gnerd 13y agoI said filing the smooth surface of the nails, not filing all the way through the nail. It is the same as what woman do when they stick fake nails over their real nails... they simply rough up the surface for adhesive purposes, not file the entire nail away. There are other, more logical, reasons to be outraged if that is your position on this. > If they wouldn't grow back (no idea whether that applies to the cockroaches or not), I'd feel much worse. The waxy surface will not grow back, well not if they do the more ethical approach as they would only perform this on mature cockroaches who will not shed any longer. Again, not supporting or attacking their approach. I think the purpose seems to be the ethical grey area for me. For instance, the black rhino is considered extinct (last I checked) and how we save the white rhinos is by removing their keratin horns to stop poachers. Am I happy we have to do that? Certainly not, however, I'd rather have that then no white rhinos.