Cockroaches Have “Turbocharged” Bites Five Times Stronger Than Ours

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These little critters have incredibly powerful bites. Take Photo/Shutterstock

It’s safe to say cockroaches don’t have the biggest fan base in the world. They’re almost universally reviled as disgusting, crawling initiators of psychological warfare. So it won’t come as any comfort to learn that they also have a “turbocharged” bite, one that is 50 times more powerful than the force exerted by their own body weight. The new findings have been published in the journal PLOS ONE.