Biologist David Rollo of Mc Master University in Hamilton Ontario discovered that when a cockroach locates a new crib (like under your bed amongst your collection of half eaten cheeze whiz jars) it emits a chemical signal to attract other cockroach. Rollo and his team of scientists started crushing up dead cockroaches and spread their body juice around. They discovered that they avoided these areas!!! If this is a surprise to anyone please send me an e-mail so I may post your e-mail address in craigslist under the category “asshat”
They discovered that this V8 of bug juice repelled not only roaches but caterpillars, ants, pillbugs, woodlice, small children (jk) and more! Researchers believe that these scents of the dead represents a universal “steer clear” signal to other animals of the same type. Humans apparently cannot smell the fatty acids of the ground up bug concoction however the above mentioned insects detest it.
I’m not sure what’s better, smearing this crap all over your house or simply cleaning up and making sure that old fish you hid under the couch for the halftime show really does get eaten. Or perhaps the hair of the dog that bit you is just what the doctor ordered.
I wonder if grinding up the dead bodies of my enemies and spraying them around my house would be a good deterrent to door to door salesmen… maybe that’s going to far… or maybe not far enough…
