Scientists told of the unexpected mission of cockroaches

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Ученые рассказали о неожиданном предназначении таракановCockroaches have a mission on Earth.

Almost all our ideas about cockroaches – no more than urban myths

There are about 5000 species of cockroaches of which only about 30 are able to harm humans. They cast a shadow on the group of insects that possesses an incredibly rich variety of forms. And by the way: the radiation has on cockroaches very detrimental effect.

“People are very prejudiced against this group of insects,” says George Beccaloni, curator of the exhibition orthopteroid insects from the London Museum of natural history.

According to him, less than 1% of the 4800 known species of cockroaches can cause people trouble, but we are not ready to change their attitude to the rest of the 99%. According to Beccaloni, it is a gross injustice.

Many types of cockroaches play a similar ecological role: they eat organic materials that decompose and produce nutrients for other organisms.

“There is evidence of the enormous ecological importance of cockroaches,” notes Beccaloni.

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