CockRoaches... and my obsession (contest..sorta)

[RedShoe]

I actually like roaches. Maybe it's how advanced as a species they are.

Here is a fact about German roaches:

Females produce one egg capsule every 3-4 weeks. Each capsule contains 25-45 eggs. The female will carry the egg capsule with her until it is ready to hatch. The young(nymphs) will be able to breed in as little as 36 days.


1 roach can have 30 babies a month, assuming half are female, that's 15 more reproducing roaches a month.

1 roach = 15 reproducing roaches per month.
those 15 will have 30 each, again assume only half can reproduce.
So those 15 will have 15 each, and they will have 15 each...
all the while the first roach is still making 15 more reproducing every month...

I get so confused.


Can someone do the math for me?
How many roaches and offspring can 1 single female roach produce in a year?

Fuck, I should make this a contest.

ok, winner gets a male and female madagascar hissing cockroach (if they want).

[Pipecrew]

I caught this one eating my food

[TheFLY]

Open real wide. Eat em!

[salsbury]

well, sure, half of the roachers are capable of breeding, but what do you do about the militant lesbian roaches who won't even touch a man? er a manroach.

[Ice]

This old place I lived in have some roaches. I opened the microwave and one of the little bastards was in there. So I shut the door and put it on high for 5 minutes. Came back ...opened the door and the little bastard walked out... Fuck me.

[NetRodent]

Originally posted by RedShoe
Can someone do the math for me?
How many roaches and offspring can 1 single female roach produce in a year?

None.

But if you have 1 single female and a male, assuming none die, at the end of 12 months you'd have about:

Mature Males: 17,592,186,044,416
Mature Female: 17,592,186,044,416
Babies: 527,765,581,332,480

Total Roaches: 562,949,953,421,312

[Pipecrew]

Originally posted by iceicebaby
This old place I lived in have some roaches. I opened the microwave and one of the little bastards was in there. So I shut the door and put it on high for 5 minutes. Came back ...opened the door and the little bastard walked out... Fuck me.

[katdaddy]

man this is one of the most interesting threads :D did you know the roach is the fastest thing on six legs? also did you know its one of the oldest things on earth they say when we die the ROACH will still be here living on earth!

Also who has seen MIMIC imagine if that shit were to happen we would be obselete!

have you ever seen an albino roach? Mother Nature is creepy sometimes! its way cooL!@

[RedShoe]

Originally posted by katdaddy
man this is one of the most interesting threads :D did you know the roach is the fastest thing on six legs? also did you know its one of the oldest things on earth they say when we die the ROACH will still be here living on earth!

Also who has seen MIMIC imagine if that shit were to happen we would be obselete!

have you ever seen an albino roach? Mother Nature is creepy sometimes! its way cooL!@

um.. yeah. I worked on Mimic.

And yes they are indeed the fastest thing on six legs. HOWEVER, when they run, at full speed, their upper bodies lift off the ground slightly, and they literally run with only their 2 back legs.

And, you can only see them running like this with a high speed camera. They barely lift up enough, just so their front legs don't touch.

[RedShoe]

Originally posted by NetRodent


None.

But if you have 1 single female and a male, assuming none die, at the end of 12 months you'd have about:

Mature Males: 17,592,186,044,416
Mature Female: 17,592,186,044,416
Babies: 527,765,581,332,480

Total Roaches: 562,949,953,421,312

HOLY SHIT!! Net rodent are you sure that's right? Well. if it is you won I guess. Do you really want a couple of madagascar hissing cockroaches?

I have some right here at work in fact.

[SetTheWorldonFire]

did somebody say "roach"

[FuqALot]

Actually I think it should be something like this.

* january

1 roach bitch (she got herself pregnant)

* february

16 roach bitches
15 roach pimps

* march

256 roach bitches
240 roach pimps

* april

4096 roach bitches
3840 roach pimps

* may

65536 roach bitches
61440 roach males

* june

1048576 roach bitchess
983040 roach males

* july

16777216 roach bitches
15728640 roach pimps

* august

268435456 roach bitches
251658240 roach pimps

* september

4294967296 roach bitches
4026531840 roach pimps

* october

68719476736 roach bitches
64424509440 roach pimps

* november

1099511627776 roach bitches
1030792151040 roach pimps

* december

17592186044416 roach bitches
16492674416640 roach pimps



which makes 34084860461056 roaches from one biatch.

[Beastiepoo]

Originally posted by RedShoe
um.. yeah. I worked on Mimic.

Ooooh! Nifty! What is it like working on a set like that?

[RedShoe]

Originally posted by Beastiepoo


Ooooh! Nifty! What is it like working on a set like that?

It was shot all over. Some in Toronto, some on set, and some around here in Los Angeles.

I built some roaches, but worked mostly on the albino roach at the end that gets crushed by the train. It was only 18" tall. I build a miniature rod puppet of the 6' tall puppet.

The set that I worked on was at the DWP plant in sunland. Like most on set work, you don't really appreciate it till years later. Either you like it or you hate it. Looking back, I had a good time. But during filming, no one was very happy.

[oggy]

Theres only one breed of roaches i like...
The kind I jonez out of the ashtray when im out.

If I smoked 3 roaches a week and had a son who smoked 13
roaches per week and his and his son and so on asuming
a new son was born every 25 years, from now. How many roaches would have been smoked over a millenium?

Theres my contest...
Winner gets to clean my ashtrays...

-= Oggy =-

[NetRodent]

Originally posted by RedShoe


HOLY SHIT!! Net rodent are you sure that's right? Well. if it is you won I guess. Do you really want a couple of madagascar hissing cockroaches?

I have some right here at work in fact.

Depends on wether you start counting the months from conception or from birth. I started from birth, while Fuq started from conception. Heres a month by mont progression starting from the birth of the first litter:

Month January
Male: 1
Female: 1
Baby: 30 (15 male/15 female)
Total: 32

Month February
Male: 16
Female: 16
Baby: 480 (240 male/240 female)
Total: 512

Month March
Male: 256
Female: 256
Baby: 7680 (3840 male/3840 female)
Total: 8192

Month April
Male: 4096
Female: 4096
Baby: 122880 (61440 male/61440 female)
Total: 131072

Month May
Male: 65536
Female: 65536
Baby: 1966080 (983040 male/983040 female)
Total: 2097152

Month June
Male: 1048576
Female: 1048576
Baby: 31457280 (15728640 male/15728640 female)
Total: 33554432

Month July
Male: 16777216
Female: 16777216
Baby: 503316480 (251658240 male/251658240 female)
Total: 536870912

Month August
Male: 268435456
Female: 268435456
Baby: 8053063680 (4026531840 male/4026531840 female)
Total: 8589934592

Month September
Male: 4294967296
Female: 4294967296
Baby: 128849018880 (64424509440 male/64424509440 female)
Total: 137438953472

Month October
Male: 68719476736
Female: 68719476736
Baby: 2061584302080 (1030792151040 male/1030792151040 female)
Total: 2199023255552

Month November
Male: 1099511627776
Female: 1099511627776
Baby: 32985348833280 (16492674416640 male/16492674416640 female)
Total: 35184372088832

Month December
Male: 17592186044416
Female: 17592186044416
Baby: 527765581332480 (263882790666240 male/263882790666240 female)
Total: 562949953421312


I'll pass on the cockroaches. Perhaps you could donate them to a worthy charity?

[demented]

I'd like them. As long as they come in some sort of a cage/box, lol.

[RedShoe]

Roach Fact #2

Some female cockroaches mate once and are pregnant for the rest of their lives.

Sounds like some white trash girls I went to highschool with.

[foolio]

Originally posted by iceicebaby
This old place I lived in have some roaches. I opened the microwave and one of the little bastards was in there. So I shut the door and put it on high for 5 minutes. Came back ...opened the door and the little bastard walked out... Fuck me.

ya, after that it is time to move - far away.

[titmowse]

nicholas cage resembles a cockroach in the movie adaptation

[tical]

Originally posted by RedShoe
Roach Fact #2

Some female cockroaches mate once and are pregnant for the rest of their lives.

Sounds like some white trash girls I went to highschool with.

hahahhaha

[DarkJedi]

Originally posted by iceicebaby
This old place I lived in have some roaches. I opened the microwave and one of the little bastards was in there. So I shut the door and put it on high for 5 minutes. Came back ...opened the door and the little bastard walked out... Fuck me.

i dont beleive you.
in 5 minuttes the fucker would have evaporated

[RedShoe]

try it yourself.