Tank the Madagascan Hissing Cockroach
Let me introduce Tank. Tank just moved here from Madagascar and is really grumpy (hissing cockroaches hiss when they are mad); hence his give name of Cantankerous. And you can’t blame him with three missing forearms, a half broken antennae, and living in a room with a women who is about to have 15 babies. Plus, he is a cockroach, which are hated by most.
Despite his reasonable reasons for being grumpy, Tank is here to teach us something about his fascinating family, who have been around the block a lot longer than most animals. In the upcoming months, Tank will demonstrate and share some of the amazing attributes of cockroaches. I promise you will never look at a cockroach the same again.
Today Tank is going to give you a little background on his family ancestry. Tank is a cockroach and a member of the Blattodea insect order, which contains 4,000 other known cockroach species. Tank’s ancestry goes back farther than the dinosaurs and the earliest cockroach-like fossil relatives appeared about 325 million years ago. Tanks closest relative is the termitie, which most scientists believe evolved from cockroaches about 100 million years ago. Tank realizes that being related to termites does not help his PR so he will have to convince you his family is cool in an upcoming blog entry. Today he is just introducing himself.
Despite his reasonable reasons for being grumpy, Tank is here to teach us something about his fascinating family, who have been around the block a lot longer than most animals. In the upcoming months, Tank will demonstrate and share some of the amazing attributes of cockroaches. I promise you will never look at a cockroach the same again.
Today Tank is going to give you a little background on his family ancestry. Tank is a cockroach and a member of the Blattodea insect order, which contains 4,000 other known cockroach species. Tank’s ancestry goes back farther than the dinosaurs and the earliest cockroach-like fossil relatives appeared about 325 million years ago. Tanks closest relative is the termitie, which most scientists believe evolved from cockroaches about 100 million years ago. Tank realizes that being related to termites does not help his PR so he will have to convince you his family is cool in an upcoming blog entry. Today he is just introducing himself.
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