Cockroach vs. Hydraulic Press: Who Wins? | Deep Look
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- Do cockroaches -- those daring, disgusting disease vectors -- have anything at all to offer us? Scientists think so. They compressed American roaches with a hydraulic press, subjecting them to the force of 900 times their body weight. Don't worry (or do): They survived! How exactly do they do it?
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Cockroaches can cause asthma and allergies as they spread their saliva and poop around your home. But scientists think these daring, disgusting disease vectors have something more to offer us than salmonella. American roaches are one of the fastest insects on the planet. They’re also talented athletes, compressing their bodies while scurrying through incredibly tight cracks. The American cockroach can withstand compressive forces totaling over 900 times their body weight! Researchers are using what they’ve learned about roaches to build robots the size of insects, which can squeeze into places humans can’t - like piles of rubble left by major earthquakes or hurricanes. And maybe down the line, much smaller versions of these robots could even enter our bodies to perform life-saving tasks!
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Biomechanist and roboticist Kaushik Jayaram (@JayaramKaushik), who worked with us on our cockroach episode, also finds inspiration in the creepy, crawly spider! Specifically spider joints! Check out his work with spiders and robots in this paper: doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202300181
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Professor of Urban Entomology Chow-Yang Lee (@chowyanglee), of the University of California, Riverside, studies many critters who cohabitate with humans. He’s been looking into how certain populations of German roaches (Blattella germanica) consistently evade our pesticides. Read more here: academic.oup.com/jee/article/...
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Hiya! Mimi Schiffman, producer for this episode here! Have questions? Let ’em rip and I’ll do my best to answer!
I will lean on notes from some of the AWESOME researchers we had helping us with the piece (Kaushik Jayaram, Prof. of Robotics and Systems Design at University of Colorado Boulder @CUEngineering - formerly of @UCBerkeley; Chow-Yang Lee, Prof. of Urban Entomology at @ucriverside; Dr. Bill Donahue, Micheal Donahue, Bryan Carnett and Josh Gates at Sierra Research Laboratories, Inc.)
Hello!
How long can these roaches stay in a “squished” state for? Are there any lasting negative health effects for sustained periods of compression?
Thank you very much in advance!
GREAT question @@chillpill1359 ! I didn't learn about sustained compression for the piece! They were testing for the upper limit of their compression ability from what I understand, not for duration...What I can say is that the roaches emerged from these trials in great shape! E.g. for that black and white video where the roach runs full speed into the wall. I asked Prof. Jayaram how much damage the move had caused 'em and he said they weren't harmed!? Boggles the mind!
What is the difference between a wood cockroach and an American cockroach
HI @@bpdsweetheart8074 ! OH! The world of cockroaches is broadddd! There are more than four thousand species of roaches! I talked to Prof. Chow-Yang Lee about them generally when starting to write the script. Most species of roaches are out there doing great work as decomposers, breaking down leaves on the forest floor and helping with carbon recycling. Just now I did some light searching on the world wide web and it looks like the wood cockroach is a decomposer-type. But they do live in proximity to humans in firewood and under shingles. Cool to learn about them. Thanks for sharing!!!
What are the main challenges faced when making a Robot roach?
Cockroaches scare me so bad but I watched this video anyways bc I'm just that dedicated to learning about my enemy 😭 😭 😭
Same
Women ☕
@@kastrosadam892Oh oh I want to join this game!
Men 🍵
Cats 🍺
Dogs 🍷
Penguins 🥤
all i saw was the thumbnail thought it was a lobster 😭
😂 wow same but I skip until I see him getting squashed lol 😂 😈
Seeing how flat these guys can get crawling around really explains how they show up everywhere!
Legit. It's like no matter how hard you try, they'll find a way to get in... and then die anyway because it's too dry for them. 🙄
I love cockroaches ! ♥️🪳🪳laugh at me all you want but these creatres are majestic and they look exactly like aliens ! Mother nature can create werider and fascinating creatres then any alien you will see in Ci Fi movies or video game .
Bugs are so tiny , how can these
? littel guys ever hurt anybody
for years people feared
cockroaches , but i wish peole would see how better life could be once you and start understanding their littel world .♥️
@@eyalmeirbarnea8706 no.
@eyalmeirbarnea8706 I like them too a bit but not enough to let them live in my house. If you have cockroaches, then your house is seriously disgusting..
Fun fact: *At school I started a cult called The Rebellious Roaches, which is why I somewhat like Roaches.*
ROACHESSSS ARE GOOOD THO..... CAUSE THEM SCIENCE WANT TO USE THEM AS A MODEL TO MAKE A ROBOT. this statement, was the dumbest thing i've heard for so many reasons, idk where to start.
i will never like cockroaches, but mad respect for their stubborn ability to stay alive and thrive. i can only wish i was that annoying by spite
2:20 I'll tell you,the pressure my sandal is gonna hit it at.
the power of my boot heels
My mom and dad literally throw a slipper or a broom at it- 😂. We also have a detergent spray that we spray at it until it dies.
The only Deep Look episode that had me re-questioning myself if I made the right choice to click and watch it, then it ends which I feel relieved haha
PS I hate roaches lol
Whew! We know cockroaches elicit strong reactions!
@@KQEDDeepLook I feel them on my skin now
I literally felt 'em on my skin during the shoot. Wanted to but did not love the feel - but I respect the heck out of them @@YRO.
're-questioning' what? do you feel pity for the cockroach?
@@trader2137re read op comment.
No amount of money, knowledge, or freedom will convince me cockroaches are cool. Loved watching this video and seeing why i hate them so much, but i just cant sit in my room and with those demons flying around😂
That's OK, we won't force you to love them. But we would encourage you to appreciate them. ;-)
@@KQEDDeepLook as long as they stay out of my house😂
I like the non-pest ones. These are the pest kinda.
@@viridhornet5722true haha
cockroach slipping thru tight spaces is the funniest thing i never expected to be funny
Honestly it was a bit shocking to see the research footage.
Oh god this was difficult to watch. But it was also very instructive and interesting 😅
Glad you enjoyed it!
The hydraulic press shots were nerve wracking and weirdly intriguing. I was expecting to see the point at which the poor thing got crushed, I was GASPING
for research purpose, I am certain the researcher did crush the poor thing to find the limit of the weight cockroach can take, of course, that video will be too much to be "CZcams friendly"
@@yanj111 Oh yes, I am also sure they did! Those videos ARE somewhere
@@yanj111 No one wants to watch that but a psychopath anyway. Watching a living creature be crushed to death and looking forward to it is gross, even if it’s a bug.
yep
my phobia is not bugs, but dead or crushed bugs@@MoonBeamLight
@@MoonBeamLight Its a pest
I dont know what it is about Laura's voice, but its so amazing and relaxing. If im ever having trouble sleeping, her voice puts me right to sleep.
😴
So comforting
Resilient fellas. I actually kinda envy their ability to adapt and overcome any obstacles, as well as their can-do attitudes that always find a solution to get to what they want, no matter how difficult it may be.
When you're feeling down, just remeber you're a roach homie.
Woah, those acrobatics using the tarsal claws were so cool! You guys are definitely giving me a newfound appreciation of cockroaches (might help I haven't had to deal with pest roaches in unwanted places before, of course).
Our pleasure!
Roaches are great animals (most of them at least). Just google „pretty roach species“ and be amazed.
Yeah probabaly because of that. I thought that for until I had an infestation.Let's say it was traumatic
Wdym? Also, what anime character is in your profile picture? Please reply to me, buddy!
Low-key worried I was gonna see a roach get crushed in the hydraulic press. I love these guys, they have incredible intestinal fortitude.
ew
crush them all
Also really cohesive families, surprisingly.
Roaches are just little custodians trying to clean up our messy homes. 😢
exactly@@D.H.1082
The title made me laugh more then it should've
I remember years back when I had a bearded dragon we used to always get crickets for it to eat. One time my local place was out of crickets so we got cockroaches instead.
Honestly the lack of chirping was so much better! It was funny one time my mum came out of her office screaming cos one of the Roaches somehow ended up on the back of her chair xD With crickets if they ever got away, you would hear and see them. I have no idea how one of the Roaches got out...
i once dropped a container full of crickets.... it was not fun.
@@minderbart1 Oof. The worst time for me was when a Cricket escapes before my Bearded eats it so there was just a constant chirping... Looking back I don't know why I had him in my room xD
Never knew cockroaches were this cool…
theyre quite rad, one might say
They're cool until they get to your house
fun fact: cockroaches and mantises are closely related, mantises evolved from cockroaches. If you look at the their anatomy you will realize they actually look quite similar and a mantis is sort of just an elongated roach with raptorial legs.
cockroach: at least our heads arent eaten off when we mate
cockroaches are underrated af
Watching videos on this channel has helped me overcome my fear of bugs, insects, etc., so thank you for helping me co-habitate with all the little guys who are just trying to get by, much like me ❤
Great to hear!
you know a YT channel is gold when they're not afraid to show off swamps of cockroaches in 4k close up - I love it!
Never been a fan of cockroaches, but the way you present them makes me want to change my tune.
Still not tolerating them in my house though.
exactly
The spacing pause for effect 🤣
1:06 Never thought I'd be impressed by a cockcroach doing parkour, but here I am..
The close up shot of the antenna socket really made me shudder
And I was eating at that exact moment
Well thats a thumbnail to win awards! I personally love cocktoaches because i keep lots of insect eating pets. The type I raise is way better than keeping crickets ... they are silent, smell way less awful, dont suffer from any diseases, cant climb smooth surfaces, and breed very easily with basically whatever you feed them. Also as a tropical species if any do escape they die pretty fast and they cant breed below 80f instead of getting a cricket chirping in your house for days. Gotta respect there little fellas.
Edit: to anyone curious the species I raise are called Blaptica Dubia. If you've got insectivore pets, or raise chickens, I highly recommend starting a small colony. You can produce hundreds in a 3'x2' plastic shoebox tub with a small heating mat and some air holes.
i never killed roaches before but when i learned they play vital parts in the ecosystem i knew why they were important to keep around. cockroaches are detritivores, which means they eat the dead and rotting materials that nobody else eats, like a clean-up crew. it’s still a good idea to make sure there’s not too many roaches in your house because of the bacterias they can carry, so make sure to keep all food in secure places where critters can’t reach! be very careful if you use poisons or other things to kill or deter roaches though, since roaches that carry the poison can be eaten by bigger animals who then are poisoned, then are eaten by even bigger animals who also get poisoned and so on and so forth.
2:10 Now I wonder how did they find out the cockroaches can not withstand the amount of pressure over 901 times it's weight.
So glad the roach didn't get crushed, they're such precious babies I truly adore roaches
Loving your work and great effect you put into this video deep look❤❤❤❤
Thank you! Cheers!
@@KQEDDeepLookAlso like to add this. It's nice to hear a woman do an examination on bugs Yet Alone *Cockroaches* of all things 😂😂
Hey there Deep Look great content as always 😀!
i have pet dubia roaches and i knew pretty much everything in this video already because i LOVE roaches!! but i watched it anyway because deep look footage is second to none!! I love all your close ups and creepy crawly sounds! keep up the good work you guys 👍
hello fellow roach pet owner and lover! 🪳🪳
This was an excellent video.
I also cringed to the point of implosion, watching those roaches get almost squished and squeeze through those tight crevaces.
I have developed a hateful response at the sight of roaches because they are very prevalent in my area and keeps trapping themselves to my very small room specifically.
@@mk_rexxI use Bengal gold, it seriously works. I'm not sponsored by Big Roach Spray, lol. gotta be the stuff in the gold can, though.
I had an awful summer bc of them. Where I live there are massive roaches that can fly and they enter theough the window @@mk_rexx
Screaming and hollering throughout the entire video.
2:33 Just let me die.
Nice massage bro
Why is watching it slam head first against a wall so funny to me 😭
Because we've all been there?
This video made me wash my dishes
Just more of a reason to keep your home clean and stuff put up
Thanks for you amazing episodes. I would like to watch more from you in short time scale so please make more of such great interactive videos. 😊
maxed out speed, agility, defense and strength. these guys are impressive
Never did I anticipate that I would have to fight my fight or flight response trying to watch this video. 10/10 more terrifying than any horror movie I've seen.
I'm both disgusted and intrigued at the same time. Bravo Deep Look. 👏 👏
every un-usefull robot:
"It will be used for rescue missions."
Hates cockroaches
Gets easily scared when seeing even a single cockroach
*Still clicks the video because of curiosity and hates every second of the video whenever he comes on screen but atleast I got to know something
But at what cost...
0:50 kph is actually a misleading abbreviation once 'k' means kilo, and it is only the prefix that indicates that the actual measure is mutiplied by a factor of 1,000. I understand the urge people developed to shortcut everything in their lives, but I so understand that a science channel shoud stick to the formal nomenclature in certain occasions. Nonetheless, thanks for bringing us great content every time.
I can see how an army of roach bots could help find people in a pile of rubble: most would start screaming if an army of roaches approach them while they're trapped and unable to flee
Its weird but every time I click on a video about bugs like this my first reflex is to cover my nose and mouth with my shirt 🤣
Whenever I hear 'The meek shall inherit the Earth' I can't help but think to myself "I dunno... roaches aren't all that meek..."
It's okay, I think the tardigrades are way out in front. But I'm betting on the ants and the roaches to be in the running.
never been so fast to click a deep look video!!
Hope you enjoyed it!
It's a shame roaches are so prone to spreading diseases, they're such fascinating animals
Yes, if not for this. I will have no problem with them.
it's really only a few dozen species that infest homes and spread disease, most other cockroach species are just out in the wild minding their buisiness. some roaches are also kept as pets because they are relatively clean and easy to take care of
Justifying my worst enemy is another form of entertainment I haven't seen before
Fantastic video, as always!
3:02 Yea that’ll be the beginning of the end of times😂
I feel anguish about seeing these pests on my screen and being unable to flatten them.
Fantastic video as usual!
I can't watch this in fullscreen, but I like it!
Great work with the sound-effects at 2:12!
The fact that they can fly too makes them next level horrific. Plus I was done when i researched how flat they could make themselves...
3:04 "even enter our bodies to perform life-saving tasks!" I got chills once I imagined a cockroach walking under my skin
Don't whack them with newspaper rolls, use your shoes, half-filled bottle, baseball bat,...
...or a tactical nuke, whatever's on hand or strikes your fancy.
the first time I ever saw a roach was when it decided to squeeze through a floor gap that I assume was basically nothing of a gap, my dad also freaked out when it decided to start running toward him at the speed of light.
3:02 and that's another new fears you added to my already long list 💀
2:56 all the taxidermied animals in that shot of house rubble really confused me for a second.
Thanks for the video deep look!
You bet!
Just the fact that Roaches have it all figured out, makes me want to call it bad names!
Watching this on my lunch break wasn't the best idea lol
Can we take a moment ti be thankful roaches aren't agressive like wasps?
If you thought the roach was getting squashed, you're not alone😂
Seeing the thumbnail i thought of scrolling it off and almost cursed the makers for causing discomfort to the poor thing or almost maybe killing it?...! But then i saw the channel name and proceeded to watch. I trust you Deep Look!
Amazing shots as always
i love the part when the cockroach gets crushed by the machine
I'd always love this sort of clips.
learning about cockroach moveset was very eye-opening. didnt think theyd have this many movement mechanics
Loaches have become harder to kill in my opinion
Loaches? 🤣🤣🤣
@@PerceptionVsReality333 id rather have lats
incredible video as usual.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm a simple man, I see Cockroach vs. Hydraulic Press, I click.
The literal thing scary about them is not knowing when they will show up and how they look like
My cat also expert on it. He had caught cockroach every night when I off light and sleep.
Roaches can survive a nuclear holocaust.....and politics.
I don't mind they running, swimming, parkouring. But once they are flying, my soul already left the building.
and dont forget that they always try to fly to your face for some reason...
If they could stay out of human living spaces, I wouldn't loathe them as much. Alas, that is but a dream. They are quick, hardy and nigh indestructible. They are my ultimate nemesis. Fighting roaches is truly a Sisyphian task: it takes stoicism and certainly one has to be a tad mad.
That roach in that piston chamber for the testing had seen better days; its like: please end it already.
me who uses a flamethrower: "HA. Your silly tricks can't stop me, roach"
Not sure if that's true but I heard roaches and praying mantises are distant relatives. Either way their bodies do look similar, more than to any other bug.
Actually their closest relatives are termites, but mantids are also related to both.
Distantly related, about as much as butterflies and wasps.
@@suicune690 not really relatives, termites are roaches
The narrator's voice is one of the reasons I click on this channel's videos whenever they drop
I love this channel!
for a second there, i thought this was a weird colab between Deep Look & that hydraulic press channel...
i still would watch it though
It's a good thing my foot is more than 900 times the body weight of a cockroach. 🥾⬇️
Funny, Raid seems to have no problems dealing with these things.
This measurement is hilarious "a human knocking out eight marathons over their lunch break" 0:52
At first I thought this was a video from Hydrolic Press Channel then I clicked and heard that voice and realized ohhhh! Hahaha
wtf the hydraulic press didn't even go all the way through! I've been scammed.
"Hei, tässä on Lauri. Tervetuloa Hydraulipuristin-kanavalle." 😂 😆
It is extremely dangerous, so we have to deal with it!
Next video: nuclear bomb vs cockroach
My cat was very interested in this video 🤣 He wouldn't stop looking at the screen following the cockroaches
One slippers is all it takes
Scientist: cockroaches can withstand a stomp 900x it's body weight
Me: *stomps and scrapes it on the floor with minimal effort*
There’s rumors that there is a bus full of books buried underneath the elementary school I work at. When we get long rains that really soak into the ground we will come into work and there will be thousands of cockroaches underneath the shade covers for the picnic tables. And we have no idea where they come from😮
...and you've never asked yourself how the roaches got the bus down there?
This was such a cool episode. Roaches are almost as fascinating as they are disgusting.
*Makes sure all gaps at home are 2mm or less*
I must be stronger than a hydraulic press, because when I want a cockroach squashed you'd better believe it gets SQUASHED
For a while there, i thought this was the Hydraulic Press Channel.
As someone who has Dubia roaches as pets, its pretty funny seeing these American roaches being so good at running and climbing. Mine are so bad at climbing and aren't particularly fast either.