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Cockroaches have been proved to survive a nuclear bomb.
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Cockroaches do indeed have a much higher radiation resistance than vertebrates, with the lethal dose perhaps 6 to 15 times that for humans. However, they are not exceptionally radiation-resistant compared to other insects, such as the fruit fly.[21] The cockroach's ability to withstand radiation better than human beings can be explained through the cell cycle. Cells are most vulnerable to the effects of radiation when they are dividing. A cockroach's cells divide only once each time it molts, which is weekly at most in a juvenile roach. Since not all cockroaches would be molting at the same time, many would be unaffected by an acute burst of radiation, but lingering radioactive fallout would still be harmful
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Is cockroach's the only thing that can survive a nuclear bomb?
no
Can cockroach survive from atom bomb?
Maybe , it depends how close it is.
American cockroach threats to survival?
There is no threat to the cockroach. They would survive a atomic bomb ( the IRS right along with them)
Can a cockroach survive in volcanoe?
no
Can a Cockroach survive a missile?
yes it can
Can a cockroach survive in a fridge?
yes.
What are threats to an American cockroach for it to survive?
There are no threats to the survival of the American cockroach as a species.
Do eggs survive if you squash a cockroach?
i dnt think so because the cockroach is dead
Can bugs like insects such as cockroaches survive nuclear bombs?
There is a possibility for a cockroach to live and die. A cockroach will die from the initial blast, meaning the cockroach will die from the fiery explosion. A cockroach will survive the radiation of the blast, but not the actual blast itself.
Would a cockroach survive being thrown in a bonfire?
No, because the cockroach would burn to death !!!
Can a cockroach survive in a dryer?
Even though cockroaches love a warm climate, because of the extremely high temperature setting, a cockroach can not survive in a dryer.
Why do a cockroach survive a atomic bomb?
Not all of them survive! But they would survive better than we would. There organism - body build - is smaller than ours and therefore making us more suseptable to the radiation than the cockroach They say that a cockroach will live through a atomic bomb, but if the atom bomb was to hit the cockroach or if it were to go off above the cockroach it would did nothing will live around where the bomb goes off even a cockroach. I would like to propose what I think is a better answer from Wikipedia : Cockroaches do indeed have a much higher radiation resistance than vertebrates, with the lethal dose perhaps 6 to 15 times that for humans. However, they are not exceptionally radiation-resistant compared to other insects, such as the fruit fly.[21] The cockroach's ability to withstand radiation better than human beings can be explained through the cell cycle. Cells are most vulnerable to the effects of radiation when they are dividing. A cockroach's cells divide only once each time it molts, which is weekly at most in a juvenile roach. Since not all cockroaches would be molting at the same time, many would be unaffected by an acute burst of radiation, but lingering radioactive fallout would still be harmful http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockroach#Hardiness
