TOKYO, July 22, 2015 (AFP) - A Japanese zoo is trying to do the impossible -- improve the image of cockroaches, putting on an exhibition of one of the world’s most hated insects.
With a whopping -- and disgusting -- 4,000 species around the planet, the hardy creature can survive almost anywhere, but is most commonly encountered by city-dwellers in grubby corners of the kitchen, or roaming around the floor at night.
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