Comments on: Cockroaches and geckos disappear by swinging under ledges… and inspire robots http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/06/06/cockroaches-and-geckos-disappear-by-swinging-under-ledges-and-inspire-robots/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: pogo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/06/06/cockroaches-and-geckos-disappear-by-swinging-under-ledges-and-inspire-robots/#comment-15134 pogo Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:18:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=7048#comment-15134 not new-- people are just blind. beetles do this constantly. any photographer dealing with beetles will tell you that many beetles just flip to underside of a leaf and if disturbed too much, they will just drop off. Most weevils can do this and nearly all leaf/flower beetles. Some spiders can pretty much flip over, too. Think folks in the lab probably never went outside and looked through a garden or weed patch. Certainly, whoever claims that this is "new behavior" aint never lived in Southern Illinois where the cockroaches carry off the geriatrics in the night. Cockroaches have probably been doing it a few thousand years, so aint exactly new. not new– people are just blind. beetles do this constantly. any photographer dealing with beetles will tell you that many beetles just flip to underside of a leaf and if disturbed too much, they will just drop off. Most weevils can do this and nearly all leaf/flower beetles. Some spiders can pretty much flip over, too.

Think folks in the lab probably never went outside and looked through a garden or weed patch. Certainly, whoever claims that this is “new behavior” aint never lived in Southern Illinois where the cockroaches carry off the geriatrics in the night.

Cockroaches have probably been doing it a few thousand years, so aint exactly new.

]]> By: Anthony http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/06/06/cockroaches-and-geckos-disappear-by-swinging-under-ledges-and-inspire-robots/#comment-15133 Anthony Sat, 09 Jun 2012 06:20:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=7048#comment-15133 On the final paragraph, "Without the benefit of the roach’s claws or the gecko’s hairs," I think something may be off. On the final paragraph,
“Without the benefit of the roach’s claws or the gecko’s hairs,”
I think something may be off.

]]> By: Esther http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/06/06/cockroaches-and-geckos-disappear-by-swinging-under-ledges-and-inspire-robots/#comment-15132 Esther Thu, 07 Jun 2012 01:00:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=7048#comment-15132 Those sneaky little bastards... oh, and those pictures are cute. :D Those sneaky little bastards… oh, and those pictures are cute. :D

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