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[–] phx@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why would cockroaches HAVE milk? They don't nurse young or anything like that

[–] ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cockroach milk is sourced from the Pacific Beetle cockroach, a type of roach that gives birth to live offspring and produces 'milk', which it feeds its embryos through a 'brood sac' (essentially a cockroach womb). There is, in fact, no actual 'milking' involved: scientists need to carve out the cockroach’s gut in order to access the milk, which is in the form of crystals.

[–] Oneser@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's somehow even worse than my original mental image. Great work science!

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not worse as the insect shit we eat in the morning, called Honey.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Delicious bee puke, i can't wait to do a line of roachmilk.