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minus-squareCaptnNMorgan@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoHave you seen one fly? They have wings but the only time I’ve ever seen a roach fly was at school and it was way too big to be german
minus-squareUndauntedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoSome of us Germans can be incredibly big so I wouldn’t be sure about that either.
minus-squarecheesymoonshadow@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoI grew up in the Philippines. I don’t know what kind we had there but they were big (1.5-2" in length) and they definitely flew.
minus-squareCaptnNMorgan@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoGerman cockroaches don’t get nearly that size
Have you seen one fly? They have wings but the only time I’ve ever seen a roach fly was at school and it was way too big to be german
Some of us Germans can be incredibly big so I wouldn’t be sure about that either.
I grew up in the Philippines. I don’t know what kind we had there but they were big (1.5-2" in length) and they definitely flew.
German cockroaches don’t get nearly that size