00:00around 66 million years ago a massive asteroid crashed into earth the impact and resulting
00:09cloud of dust it tossed into the sky changed the planet forever killing off the dinosaurs
00:14and lots of other creatures in the process but somehow these survived that's right cockroaches
00:19have been skittering around on our planet for around 280 million years outlasting so many other
00:24species and it turns out their shape is just one reason why they were able to do so since cockroaches
00:29are flat they're able to squeeze under rocks and into holes in the ground allowing them to evade
00:33the spiking temperatures caused by the impact which scientists now believe caused volcanoes to erupt
00:38thousands of miles from the impact point and after that was over and the sun disappeared behind a thick
00:42cloud of dust cockroaches were still right at home they are omnivorous meaning when the plants died
00:47they moved on to other foods surviving off meat or even poop and even their young offspring are
00:52protected as they are laid in little armored egg sacs
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