Alex Neason
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I think it's time to learn about these revolting, repulsive, nauseating, offensive, terrible animals.
So I called up entomologist Sammy Ramsey, professor at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Because this guy... Somebody look at this.
He even has a YouTube channel where he sometimes sings to bugs.
And so I thought, if anyone can help me abolish the pest in my heart, it would be Sammy.
And maybe it's just because Sammy is really charming, but talking to him, I couldn't help but feel my hatred of the roach begin to soften.
I learned that they're at least as old as the dinosaurs as a species.
They're basically the cheetah of the insect world.
Some of these survival techniques, like their tendency to run away from light and their ability to flatten their bodies and squeeze into even the tiniest crack or crevice that make people distrust them.