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Cockroach News - sandcastles - 10-13-2022
It seems the female Pacific beetle cockroach gives live birth, then feeds her young with a pale liquid from her brood sac.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/08/06/488861223/cockroach-milk-yes-you-read-that-right
The scientist in this article says it is among the most nutritious substances on Earth. But they haven't actually verified it's safe for human consumption.
She says it doesn't seem to taste like anything.
But somebody on another podcast said it tastes terrible.
I heard about this on a recent Halloween episode of Scishow Tangents, at about 29 minutes.
https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/episodes/trick-or-treat-month-creepy-crawlies-with-lulu-miller
The article states somebody is working on genetically engineering yeast to produce the same milk. Yeast might be easier to genetically engineer.
RE: Cockroach News - Cray - 02-27-2023
I heard about this cockroach milk a few years ago. I suggested as a staple to go with soy products in the Shadowrun setting but it didn't go over well with the gaming community.
RE: Cockroach News - Drashner1 - 02-27-2023
(02-27-2023, 04:11 AM)Cray Wrote: I heard about this cockroach milk a few years ago. I suggested as a staple to go with soy products in the Shadowrun setting but it didn't go over well with the gaming community.
The suggestion really bugged em, I guess?
RE: Cockroach News - Cray - 02-28-2023
(02-27-2023, 01:02 PM)Drashner1 Wrote: The suggestion really bugged em, I guess?
Heh, no.
Also, Shadowrun's magic story aspects has included the dread threat of bug spirits:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_City