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Giant Hissing Roaches!

  • April 8, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Giant hissing cockroaches live on Madagascar, an island in the Indian Ocean. These unusual insects create sound by exhaling through their breathing holes, instead of rubbing body parts together or vibrating membranes. Also, females give birth to live young.

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