So I was reading this interesting/gross story about these giant hissing cockroaches they confiscated in Australia. And yet at the end, only one thing stood out. I will let you read - and then the highlighted section.
And as I read, I am processing. For instance, when I read they were worth $142,000 - I think.
Wow, that is only $1.42 per cockroach. I wouldn't raise a cockroach for a buck and a half. I wonder where the break-even is? Would I raise a hundred of them for $142, no? I mean I guess you have to get above 10,000 of them before it starts to feel like real money. So, you don't really scale up this operation from 2 cockroaches. You've got to start with a bunch.
And then they are warning pet owners - I think.
I assume they are talking about pet owners who use these big-ass cockroaches for food. But, let's say you have a snake, do you really think about where the bugs as food come from? Is there some sort of seal of approval for bugs? Can't you probably buy at least 2 domestic roaches for the same price?
And then my mind says...
Speaking of price, I wonder if that is US or Australian dollars. So, I look it up. Suspiciously, $1 US = $1.42 Australian. So was this really $100,000 in the article and someone just converted it. That is lazy
And then I read that all the cockroaches will be euthanized. And I think...
How do you "euthanize" cockroaches? Take them to a child's party and let all the little kiddos crunch them? Then my mind is full of this image (and I can use AI to share it).



There is no good reason to breed any kind of cockroach....eww!
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