00:03around 66 million years ago a massive asteroid crashed into earth the impact and resulting cloud
00:09of dust it tossed into the sky changed the planet forever killing off the dinosaurs and lots of other
00:14creatures in the process but somehow these survived that's right cockroaches have been
00:19skittering around on our planet for around 280 million years outlasting so many other species
00:24and it turns out their shape is just one reason why they were able to do so since cockroaches
00:29are flat they're able to squeeze under rocks and into holes in the ground allowing them to evade
00:33the spiking temperatures caused by the impact which scientists now believe caused volcanoes to
00:37erupt thousands of miles from the impact point and after that was over and the sun disappeared
00:42behind a thick cloud of dust cockroaches were still right at home they are omnivorous meaning when the
00:46plants died they moved on to other foods surviving off meat or even poop and even their young offspring
00:52are protected as they are laid in little armored egg sacs
00:59disappears
00:59neverhmm
00:59neverhmm
01:00so
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