This always makes me think. Cockroaches don’t bite, are not venomous, basically can’t do us any harm. I’m not afraid of wild dogs, spiders, tarantulas, scorpions, snakes, wolves, hyenas, wild hogs, bears (encountered them all) but I might actually scream if I get surprised by a cockroach.
I think this collective fear of cockroaches that we have cannot be without reason and must have an evolutionary reason.
Where I live, we have a problem with American cockroaches. American cockroaches are a good news/ bad news kinda deal. The good news is that they nest out of doors so they don’t live in your house, and their presence is not necessarily a commentary on your housekeeping.
The bad news is that they will get into your house and they’re about 4 times bigger than the German cockroaches that everyone is familiar with. You can hear them crawling, and they can fly.
I asked the exterminator how to get rid of them for good, and his advice was to move.
Ah yes, where I live we also exclusively have american cockroaches and those flying fuckers T-T truly terrifying. One time one of them was scraping on the wooden door for some reason, maybe was trying to get out. Tge scraping sound was so vivid and one of the most revolting things I’ve heard.
The worst thing about them is that they’re so big that you really need a strong gut for smashing them. They just gave so much content inside T-T