I don't know why, but I found this endlessly fascinating. Just click on one, and watch what happens. Do it again, and it gets even more complicated.
Well, it's good for a few minutes' diversion, anyway.
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I don't know why, but I found this endlessly fascinating. Just click on one, and watch what happens. Do it again, and it gets even more complicated.
Well, it's good for a few minutes' diversion, anyway.
Drag one off to the side and the others follow.
I got WebSense blocked. Apparently the common name for Periplaneta americana is a naughty.
[grumble]stupid IT Nazis[/grumble]
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James 2:24
Okay, now I'm worried. I spent way too much time playing with that. Curse you, Orac, for knowing a geeks one weakness--odd toys.
They play follow the leader, but the behavior is a little more complex than that, since the shape of the endless chain of roaches will change over time to get rid of small loops and the like. I can't figure out what other simple behavioral trait would make the shape of the path change.
Careful venturing away from that entry - the rest is mos def NSFW.
Sometimes if you pull the roaches into corners, little gaps in the line open up. I think they seem more worried.
I got WebSense blocked. Apparently the common name for Periplaneta americana is a naughty.
What are they blocking, "cock" or "roach"?
The DEA flagged a primetime broadcast CBC clip on Youtube because Canadian humour is not properly hysterical about marijauna (a Rick Mercer segment with Pierre Burton).