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As a teenager, I liked to hang around our backyard, especially when I had two mischievous ducks to play with. This was when my father and I started noticing there were huge cockroaches outside. If you have ever seen them you will know exactly which ones I am talking about: theyre big, reddish brown with wings and they can fly. Every time my father saw them he would mutter in disgust, Chinese cockroaches.
I was telling one of my friends about these cockroaches when he insisted there were no such things as Chinese cockroaches.
There are German cockroaches, my friend said. Are you sure your father didnt get them mixed up those?
Now Ive seen pictures of German cockroaches and there is no way these are the same ones. German ones are smaller than the ones in my parents backyard.
These are not German ones, I insisted.
Several Googles have not yielded pictures of the ones I am talking about although description-wise, the American cockroach appears to be the closest.
The last time I saw a Chinese cockroach was when I was at my parents house a few months ago. My mum had one trapped inside a large soft drink bottle with the intention of releasing it outside. (Being Buddhist, she refuses to kill any living creature except for crabs.) Why she had it in the kitchen is anybodys guess but nevertheless, it was repulsive to look at.
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Bored one weekend, I was browsing in a bookstore when I came across this manga novel, which forms part of the Warriors cat novels manga and non-manga by Erin Hunter. I wasnt going to buy it at first as I was in the middle of moving house and didnt want any more stuff to take with me but I was touched by this moving story of Sasha the cat who is abandoned by her elderly owner when he is unable to take her along to his new nursing home. Sasha starts exploring her neighbourhood and ends up in the forest, where she meets Tigerstar, the leader of a clan of wild cats. The two begin meeting secretly as it is taboo for clan cats to mix with kittypets and Sasha falls madly in love. Being the first book in a three-part series, the story ends in a cliff-hanger but nevertheless, it was a short and satisfying read. I cant wait to get hold of the other two books to find out what happens next.
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I got this idea one night after eating one of those microwavable meals that come in a plastic bowl. At the time I was working twelve hour days so by the time I got home I had enough time to have dinner, shower and then have a quick read before going to bed and starting the whole routine again.
So I had finished my meal and left the bowl on the floor, intending to put it in the recycling bin later on.
The next day I awoke to the sound of something scratching around. I looked around and there was my bowl, complete with at least twenty cockroaches. What a perfect way of getting rid of cockroaches. If youre a Buddhist like my mum you can take the container outside and release the cockroaches. Non-Buddhist me chose to kill them instead. All I had to do was spray them with insecticide. Trapped with no where to go, the cockroaches carked it in a few seconds. I then tossed them into the toilet and flushed them away.
Look at this palm-sized baby. I would love to hold it in my hand. I wonder if the spines would hurt me. Or maybe they would just be ticklish. Just look at those gentle dark eyes. Who could resist eyes like those? I could spend all day playing with it. Cant you just feel the love?
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Comment by Queenie
on Cockroach Trapping and Baiting
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Quirky Queenie
Thanks for sharing.