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Should we kill cockroaches?

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28 Apr 2013 48 Respondents
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Should we kill cockroaches?
Lots of people these days are killing cockroaches.Have you ever thought that a cockroach had feelings, maybe even a family? What if you killed a cockroach that had to maintain a family? Read this:

"Scientists are discovering that these supposedly crude, and creepy automatons are much more sophisticated than we thought.

By unveiling the secret lives of these insects, they are finding out that cockroaches are actually highly social creatures; they recognise members of their own families, with different generations of the same families living together.

Cockroaches do not like to be left alone, and suffer ill health when they are.

And they form closely bonded, egalitarian societies, based on social structures and rules. Communities of cockroaches are even capable of making collective decisions for the greater good."
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17839642

Do you feel differently now?
Should we kill cockroaches?
If you knew for sure that a cockroach had a family to look after, that depended on her, would you still kill it?
Is it more reasonable to kill a cockroach than a puppy? If a creature looks scary to us, is that a good reason to kill it?