Are Cockroaches Good for Your Health?
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0:00 - 0:03[Ambient Intro]
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0:04 - 0:05[Reporter]: Hey guys,
so today we're -
0:05 - 0:06talking about cockroaches again!
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0:07 - 0:09[sound of disgust], grouse!
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0:09 - 0:13Wait, wait, why are most of us grossed out
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0:13 - 0:15by these little guys
when we should be thanking -
0:15 - 0:16these crazy critters?
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0:16 - 0:18At least people in China are,
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0:18 - 0:22in fact did you know
right now there are over 100 buildings -
0:22 - 0:24in China that are raising roaches?
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0:24 - 0:25Why you ask?
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0:25 - 0:27Because people are making money
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0:27 - 0:28from selling them of course!
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0:28 - 0:31A business that makes nothing but money,
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0:31 - 0:32is a cockroach business.
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0:32 - 0:36I'd like to live as a poor man
with lots of cockroaches. -
0:36 - 0:42There are people who have money
and people who raise cockroaches. -
0:42 - 0:44I know what you're thinking,
who would wanna buy -
0:44 - 0:45a thousand cockroaches?
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0:45 - 0:46I do!
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0:46 - 0:47It turns out that people
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0:47 - 0:49aren't just buying them as pets
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0:49 - 0:50to have crawl around their house
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0:50 - 0:52or turn into cyber roaches,
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0:52 - 0:53they're buying them to make
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0:53 - 0:55medical powder!
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0:55 - 0:57This is how it works.
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0:57 - 0:58Farmers boil them.
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0:58 - 0:59Dry them.
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0:59 - 1:02Then smash them into a powdered product.
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1:02 - 1:04Quite sad really, poor little guys.
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1:04 - 1:06But you can't blame them.
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1:06 - 1:08Surprisingly, researchers are looking into
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1:08 - 1:11whether chemicals in cockroach powder
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1:11 - 1:12can help cure
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1:12 - 1:15hair loss, cancer, and even HIV!
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1:15 - 1:17Cockroaches are amazing!
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1:17 - 1:18Period.
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1:18 - 1:21So it's no wonder humans want
some of that mojo! -
1:21 - 1:22Did you know cockroaches can
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1:22 - 1:24hold their breath for up to 30 minutes?
[Flip] -
1:24 - 1:27Run up to 3 miles per hour? [Flip]
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1:27 - 1:30Can live over a week with their head?
[Flip] -
1:30 - 1:33They like beer, and [flip] originated more
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1:33 - 1:35than 250 million years ago!
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1:35 - 1:36If you need a reference,
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1:36 - 1:38hit up my boy Wang Fu Ming,
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1:38 - 1:40he currently has a farm with over
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1:40 - 1:4210 million roaches!
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1:42 - 1:43Wow!
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1:43 - 1:44[several amazement clicking sounds]
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1:44 - 1:46Blows my mind it does!
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1:46 - 1:47Alright guys, well that's
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1:47 - 1:48the end of our episode,
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1:48 - 1:49be sure to check out these other
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- Are Cockroaches Good for Your Health?
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