So this is the final post that I will be writing about the cockroaches. Because of the practicum, we haven't been able to switch the cockroaches for a while but tomorrow the big day arrives. As weird as it is, I am sad to see them go. I have worried over them and their diet and swollen little bodies, I have enjoyed watching them fight and then avoid each other and I think most importantly have loved being able to scare my roommates with them. This week as I have observed the cockroaches I have noticed that they haven't been eating very much. I have given them the choice of apples, strawberries--a couple of times, and grapes. I have shied away from the bananas (ever since the incident). I am worried about this because I read online that male cockroaches will become cannibalistic if they don't eat anything. Now I'm not saying that I believe this-- it was online-- but I don't really want it to happen. So hopefully they will eat something soon.
So about the music and the cockroaches. I have noticed that they really like explosions and violence. After watching certain movies, they tend to move more. For example, a couple of my roommates have been watching the series Burn Notice and they seem to enjoy it as well. If we are going to watch a movie we will sometimes put the cockroaches right in front of the tv or by the speakers. We will then observe their behavior after the movie has finished and USUALLY they move a little more. Now this is not always true it is pretty interesting. Another theory is that they like the dark and so move more when it is dark. Whatever it is, its pretty entertaining to watch. We will continue to investigate this during our experiment and I'm excited to see what happens.
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