Slow motion.It's almost impossible to catch a fleeing cockroach cockroach or roach, name applied to approximately 3,500 species of flat-bodied, oval insects forming the order Blattodea. Cockroaches have long antennae, long legs adapted to running, and a flat extension of the upper body wall that conceals the : A young roach roach: see cockroach. roach Common European sport fish (Rutilus rutilus) of the carp family (Cyprinidae), found in lakes and slow rivers. A high-backed, yellowish green fish with red eyes and reddish fins, the roach is 6–16 in. walks four to five steps a second, and runs about two to three times faster. The good news? New research shows that, like other animals, these six-legged insects slow with age. "They experience degeneration degeneration /de·gen·er·a·tion/ (de-jen?er-a´shun) deterioration; change from a higher to a lower form, especially change of tissue to a lower or less functionally active form. in their joints, similar to arthritis [in people]," says researcher Angela Ridgel of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio "Cleveland" redirects here. For the Cleveland metropolitan area, see . For other uses, see Cleveland (disambiguation). Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. . Aged roaches-older than 60 weeks-scamper at a "sluggish" two steps per second. They also trip over themselves and often run smack into obstacles. And the future only gets worse for these invertebrates (animals without a backbone): Roaches die at around age two, or shortly after these symptoms show. |
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