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Pakistani Researchers Investigate How a Cockroach Survives in Nuclear War & How can we use it for Human Beings
 
This video is about producing special antibiotics from cockroaches. It says nothing about using this research for producing anything to prevent nuclear radiation or survival of human beings in a nuclear war.

However, it is a well know fact that cockroaches are the only species than can survive a nuclear war but to an extent.

To test whether this doomsday scenario has any legs, scientists subjected German cockroaches to three levels of radioactive metal cobalt 60. They started with a baseline exposure of 1,000 radon units (rads) of cobalt 60, capable of killing a person in 10 minutes, and followed it up with 10,000 and 100,000 rad exposures on separate guinea pig — er, roach — groups. (As a comparison, the bomb on Hiroshima emitted radioactive gamma rays at a strength of around 10,000 rads.)

Since radiation gradually destroys organisms on the cellular level, the scientists monitored the radiated roaches for 30 days. After a month, half the roaches exposed to 1,000 rads were still kicking, and a remarkable 10 percent of the 10,000 rad group was alive. The results confirmed that cockroaches can survive a nuclear explosion — but only to a point, as none of the critters in the 100,000 rad group made it through.

Cockroaches' ability to withstand extreme radiation exposure may come down to their simple bodies and slower cell cycles. Cells are said to be most sensitive to radiation when they're dividing. That's why humans are more vulnerable — they have some cells that are constantly splitting up.

Roaches, on the other hand, only molt about once a week at most, which makes radiation's window of opportunity to attack cells much narrower. But if the nuclear explosion was powerful enough, even these ancient critters couldn't survive.

Thus there's no way the cockroaches' cell cycles could be copied into the human genome to survive nuclear radiation.
 
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One can't simply resist the temptation of RUNNING after seeing cockuracha but if that cockuracha can fly then heaven help us we are just mere mortals
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Omg,flying cockroaches are so scary. Holy shit .
 
I would understand if @Spring Onion had said this!! :rofl:

:lol: i hate flying cockroaches. though snakes never make me freak out the way flying cockroaches

This video is about producing special antibiotics from cockroaches. It says nothing about using this research for producing anything to prevent nuclear radiation or survival of human beings in a nuclear war.

However, it is a well know fact that cockroaches are the only species than can survive a nuclear war but to an extent.

To test whether this doomsday scenario has any legs, scientists subjected German cockroaches to three levels of radioactive metal cobalt 60. They started with a baseline exposure of 1,000 radon units (rads) of cobalt 60, capable of killing a person in 10 minutes, and followed it up with 10,000 and 100,000 rad exposures on separate guinea pig — er, roach — groups. (As a comparison, the bomb on Hiroshima emitted radioactive gamma rays at a strength of around 10,000 rads.)

Since radiation gradually destroys organisms on the cellular level, the scientists monitored the radiated roaches for 30 days. After a month, half the roaches exposed to 1,000 rads were still kicking, and a remarkable 10 percent of the 10,000 rad group was alive. The results confirmed that cockroaches can survive a nuclear explosion — but only to a point, as none of the critters in the 100,000 rad group made it through.

Cockroaches' ability to withstand extreme radiation exposure may come down to their simple bodies and slower cell cycles. Cells are said to be most sensitive to radiation when they're dividing. That's why humans are more vulnerable — they have some cells that are constantly splitting up.

Roaches, on the other hand, only molt about once a week at most, which makes radiation's window of opportunity to attack cells much narrower. But if the nuclear explosion was powerful enough, even these ancient critters couldn't survive.

Thus there's no way the cockroaches' cell cycles could be copied into the human genome to survive nuclear radiation.

:D they used Nazi cockroaches, ours are desi they wont survive
 
Pakistan is preparing for nuclear war with India. We can expect a pre-emptive strike anytime.
 
investigate a cockroach? Did they use good cop - bad cop routine or leetar parade? :o:
 
cockroaches hate us as much as we hate them... may be even more after this news.
 
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