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- The cockroach or roach is a nocturnal
- flat-bodied oval INSECT. Cockroaches have
- long antennae, long legs adapted for running,
- and a flat extension of the upper body that
- covers the head, some species of cockroach
- can fly. They range in size from ¼in to 3in
- (½cm-7½cm). Cockroaches are not known to be
- desease carriers. They were extremely
- abundant about 150 million years ago, and
- were possibly the first flying animal.
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- Subject by: Vince Pike
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