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Breeding & Nymph Care
Headless Popa spurca alive after five hours!
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<blockquote data-quote="CosbyArt" data-source="post: 290963" data-attributes="member: 8168"><p>Who knows maybe the headless mantid will successfully breed with her again?</p><p></p><p>In the end though it will starve to death without it's head. It's very odd and doing some digging it seems a cockroach can go headless for up to a year. If your curious here are some links about insects without their heads including the how/why...</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-cockroach-can-live-without-head/" target="_blank">Scientific American article</a><br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3teflb1QNN4&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=1m29s" target="_blank">A scientific explanation on youtube</a><br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-bizarre-history-of-insect-head-transplants-456738894" target="_blank">Head transplants article</a><br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://mypestprevention.com/2012/02/headless-lifeless/" target="_blank">A article about cockroaches in particular</a><br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/16y5in/how_can_a_headless_insect_continue_to_function/" target="_blank">Reddit post with link to mantid video and explanations</a><br /> </li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CosbyArt, post: 290963, member: 8168"] Who knows maybe the headless mantid will successfully breed with her again? In the end though it will starve to death without it's head. It's very odd and doing some digging it seems a cockroach can go headless for up to a year. If your curious here are some links about insects without their heads including the how/why... [LIST][*][URL="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-cockroach-can-live-without-head/"]Scientific American article[/URL] [*][URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3teflb1QNN4&feature=youtu.be&t=1m29s"]A scientific explanation on youtube[/URL] [*][URL="http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-bizarre-history-of-insect-head-transplants-456738894"]Head transplants article[/URL] [*][URL="http://mypestprevention.com/2012/02/headless-lifeless/"]A article about cockroaches in particular[/URL] [*][URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/16y5in/how_can_a_headless_insect_continue_to_function/"]Reddit post with link to mantid video and explanations[/URL] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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