Why do you usually find dead cockroaches on their backs with their legs in the air?

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Probably because after they die the muscles in their legs contract due to rigor mortis, pulling their legs towards the body and flipping them onto their backs.

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a project

im a student a 9th grader i want to do a project about cockroaches what i want you to help me is i want to search if there is a way to understand how the cockroaches are such resistant to radiation and is there any possible way to turn this advantage into a positive thing to human beings please inform me as soon as possible

a project

im a student a 9th grader i want to do a project about cockroaches what i want you to help me is i want to search if there is a way to understand how the cockroaches are such resistant to radiation and is there any possible way to turn this advantage into a positive thing to human beings please inform me as soon as possible

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