cockroaches whether you love them or
they flew they creep you out
you can't escape them a fascinating
study reveals that cockroaches sharpen
their senses by cleaning their antennas
by comparing groomed and ungroomed
cockroach antennas researchers from
North Carolina State University found
that the cockroaches not only clean off
particles to get stuck to their antennas
they also clean off secretions that are
naturally produced by their own body
when the cockroaches do not groom
themselves a shiny substance accumulates
on their antennas the groomed
cockroaches were better able to smell
and sense their surroundings which in
turn helps them to do things that are
crucial to their survival like find food
since danger and find a mate North
Carolina State University entomologist
Coby Shaw who worked on the study said
grooming is necessary to keep these
foreign and native substances at a
particular level the data could be
helpful in making more effective
pesticides that the roaches would
consume while cleaning their intended
other insects like house flies and ants
also clean their antennas but they use
different methods of grooming