WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.360 [Ambient Intro] 00:00:03.500 --> 00:00:04.695 line:1 [Reporter]: Hey guys, so today we're 00:00:04.695 --> 00:00:06.225 line:1 talking about cockroaches again! 00:00:06.680 --> 00:00:09.386 [sound of disgust], grouse! 00:00:09.478 --> 00:00:12.770 Wait, wait, why are most of us grossed out 00:00:12.770 --> 00:00:15.014 by these little guys when we should be thanking 00:00:15.014 --> 00:00:16.316 these crazy critters? 00:00:16.316 --> 00:00:17.920 At least people in China are, 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:21.826 in fact did you know right now there are over 100 buildings 00:00:21.826 --> 00:00:23.933 in China that are raising roaches? 00:00:23.933 --> 00:00:25.100 Why you ask? 00:00:25.100 --> 00:00:26.843 Because people are making money 00:00:26.843 --> 00:00:28.480 from selling them of course! 00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:30.642 line:1 A business that makes nothing but money, 00:00:30.642 --> 00:00:32.441 line:1 is a cockroach business. 00:00:32.441 --> 00:00:36.480 line:1 I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of cockroaches. 00:00:36.480 --> 00:00:41.600 line:1 There are people who have money and people who raise cockroaches. 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:43.562 I know what you're thinking, who would wanna buy 00:00:43.562 --> 00:00:45.144 a thousand cockroaches? 00:00:45.144 --> 00:00:46.140 I do! 00:00:46.140 --> 00:00:46.922 It turns out that people 00:00:46.922 --> 00:00:48.633 aren't just buying them as pets 00:00:48.633 --> 00:00:50.000 to have crawl around their house 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:51.540 or turn into cyber roaches, 00:00:51.540 --> 00:00:53.039 they're buying them to make 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:54.738 medical powder! 00:00:54.738 --> 00:00:56.591 This is how it works. 00:00:56.591 --> 00:00:58.032 Farmers boil them. 00:00:58.032 --> 00:00:58.825 Dry them. 00:00:58.825 --> 00:01:01.700 Then smash them into a powdered product. 00:01:01.700 --> 00:01:04.309 Quite sad really, poor little guys. 00:01:04.309 --> 00:01:05.824 But you can't blame them. 00:01:05.824 --> 00:01:08.489 Surprisingly, researchers are looking into 00:01:08.489 --> 00:01:10.848 whether chemicals in cockroach powder 00:01:10.848 --> 00:01:11.770 can help cure 00:01:11.770 --> 00:01:15.280 hair loss, cancer, and even HIV! 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:16.840 Cockroaches are amazing! 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:17.751 Period. 00:01:17.751 --> 00:01:20.791 So it's no wonder humans want some of that mojo! 00:01:20.791 --> 00:01:22.174 Did you know cockroaches can 00:01:22.174 --> 00:01:24.423 hold their breath for up to 30 minutes? [Flip] 00:01:24.423 --> 00:01:26.964 Run up to 3 miles per hour? [Flip] 00:01:26.964 --> 00:01:29.683 Can live over a week with their head? [Flip] 00:01:29.683 --> 00:01:32.677 They like beer, and [flip] originated more 00:01:32.677 --> 00:01:35.480 than 250 million years ago! 00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:36.396 If you need a reference, 00:01:36.396 --> 00:01:38.102 hit up my boy Wang Fu Ming, 00:01:38.102 --> 00:01:39.881 he currently has a farm with over 00:01:39.881 --> 00:01:42.000 10 million roaches! 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:43.104 Wow! 00:01:43.104 --> 00:01:44.013 [several amazement clicking sounds] 00:01:44.013 --> 00:01:45.772 Blows my mind it does! 00:01:45.772 --> 00:01:46.748 line:1 Alright guys, well that's 00:01:46.748 --> 00:01:47.582 the end of our episode, 00:01:47.582 --> 00:01:48.809 line:1 be sure to check out these other 00:01:48.809 --> 00:01:49.956 line:1 episodes over here. 00:01:49.956 --> 00:01:51.388 line:1 Don't forget to subscribe, 00:01:51.388 --> 00:01:52.741 line:1 and if you want a t-shirt, 00:01:52.741 --> 00:01:54.457 line:1 all you have to do is go to our 00:01:54.457 --> 00:01:56.930 line:1 store, animalist.com/store, 00:01:56.930 --> 00:01:58.528 line:1 and get yourself one.