Timeline for What giant insects would fill the role of our domesticated cattle?
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| Apr 19, 2017 at 6:05 | comment | added | IndigoFenix | @JBiggs Cockroaches are opportunistic scavengers; while some may eat carrion or injured live animals they don't really hunt. They'd be no more dangerous to farmers than pigs. | |
| Apr 15, 2017 at 8:30 | comment | added | Pelle Lundkvist | I learnt something new. @JBiggs raises a valid point though... However hissing cockroaches f.e. feed mainly on vegetarian sources. I cannot find any diet information for D. puncate unfortunately | |
| Apr 14, 2017 at 13:22 | comment | added | Subbies | Roaches prefer starchy food, so it should be easy to keep it fed and not dangerous. I don't really understand how they're supernaturally strong and fast (flight depends on the species) especially once you take into account the square cube law if we make it bigger. | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 16:45 | comment | added | JBiggs | I am pretty darn sure that giant cockroaches would consider humans (among other things) to be food. That might be a bad trait, especially considering that they are almost supernaturally strong, fast, capable of flight, and reproduce very rapidly. | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 10:04 | history | answered | Subbies | CC BY-SA 3.0 |