I have discovered something about these cockroaches. Prepare yourself: get ready, men!

Cockroaches do have food preferences. Who knew? Upon re-receiving Ricky and Sticky, there were a few slices of strawberries in their box. I know that cockroaches get most their fluid through their food and the air, so I thought that these strawberries would be perfect for their little appetites.

I got the roaches on Wednesday afternoon. I have been watching as the strawberries have slowly become moldy. I thought that maybe this would even add a little more appeal to the roaches. Finally today (Saturday) I took out the strawberries, added a new paper towel, dropped a little water in to moisten the air, and put in a piece of apple slice.

I have been playing music this whole time, and Ricky was getting pretty animated (correlation data, only) When I dropped the water in the box, Ricky got very animated and started trying to eat the paper towel. I am infering that that is due to the fact that he is very, very thirst and hungry. Finally he bumped into the apple piece.

I tell you what, it was like that little Ricky had never eaten a day in his life! I am reminded of A Little Princess where Sara Crew buys a penny bun and gives it to the poor little girl. The hunger in that girl's eyes and then the barbaric way that she devoured the bread- that is exactly what Ricky did. He could not get enough of that apple piece. He was tilting his head and using his mouth feelers to scrape around and help shovel the food in his mouth. I don't think I have ever seen him move so quickly and animatedly. I think that he was really, really hungry. He ate as much apple as the size of his head. Quite impressive, really.

This is a funny thing to think of for me. Whereas the rest of the week, Ricky had mostly stayed in one spot in the container, he is now crawling all around the box, irritating Sticky, and chillaxin upside down on the wall. Sticky is even moving around a little bit more than earlier. He is now even out of the paper tube- something I have not seen all week.

Do you suppose that they are communicating with each other? "Hey Sticky! There's water in the air! AND apple's on the menu! STICKY! YOU HEAR ME??"

This movement might be contributed to the fact that there is food (that they like) in the container, but it also might be because we are listening to Jack Johnson again. I remember from the last time I was babysitter, that both roaches particularly like Jack Johnson. This is very interesting.

Man. We are listening to "You are Goodbye" by Holly Conlan. Both roaches have completely stopped moving. Social experiment: Jack Johnson again. Difference: a tiny bit of antennae movement. That's about it for now.