I am attempting to give a roach a heart attack

[lecatPuke]

Yeah, I was startled by a roach in my apartment for the first time in 3 years. Crawling on my desk of all places. I didn't want to splatter him in my room, and I haven't needed bug spray so I don't have any. I trapped him under a cup, debating his future.

I decided to give him some laced food. Not poison, but I mixed some pure caffeine (400mg) into some syrup. He's consuming my heart attack cocktail now. If my calculations are correct, it shouldn't take more than [strike]5 grams[/strike]5 milligrams before he craps out. That is assuming caffeine works the same way in insects as it does in warm-blooded animals.

DIE

 

[tiu_sam]

A+ thread, would read again.

 

[Beren]

haha

 

[bloodymess]

just step on it you morbid fucker

 

[Overlord801]

5g?

Have fun getting it to eat the 4600mg of caffeine left

 

[JohnnyX]

Caffeine is a plant alkaloid, found in numerous plant species, where it acts as a natural pesticide that paralyzes and kills certain insects feeding upon them

excellent

 

[iNVAR]

my sister did something like this when she was in high school. she raised a bunch of mealworms, fed them a shitload of coffee and crushed caffeine tablets mixed with oatmeal. they metamorphosized into beetles and she continued to feed them caffeine laced food. i don't think it had any effect on them.

 

[Tanked]

I actually find this moderately interesting.

 

[JohnnyX]

my sister did something like this when she was in high school. she raised a bunch of mealworms, fed them a shitload of coffee and crushed caffeine tablets mixed with oatmeal. they metamorphosized into beetles and she continued to feed them caffeine laced food. i don't think it had any effect on them.

Except for the fact they were the most productive beetles in the whole office.

 

[Nutcracker]

A cockroach has a heart shaped like a tube. Its heart can even stop without the cockroach dying.

 

[Phrozen]

Electric grill starters work like defibrulators on small enough creatures. I watched some kids kill a spider and bring it back to life about 10 times when I was in middle school.

 

[Philipsz]

Given the chance I would kill, eat and wear a PETA member but animal cruelty always makes me .

 

[lecatPuke]

A cockroach has a heart shaped like a tube. Its heart can even stop without the cockroach dying.

yeah i found that on the first google hit for "roach heart" too

 

[Nutcracker]

yeah i found that on the first google hit for "roach heart" too

 

[Xcursion]

You should drop him in a bug zapper and then turn it on while making sure he stays in.

 

[ZodiaK]

i'm surprised you it didn't have a heart attack just from looking at you

 

[salazar]

Electric grill starters work like defibrulators on small enough creatures. I watched some kids kill a spider and bring it back to life about 10 times when I was in middle school.

This is one of the cooler things I've heard today. Also, good luck with the cockroach thing... it sounds interesting, although I have feeling that nothing's going to happen.

 

[salazar]

i'm surprised you it didn't have a heart attack just from looking at you

zing. A- for grammar though.

 

[lecatPuke]

i'm surprised you it didn't have a heart attack just from looking at you

i had a heart attack trying to parse "i'm surprised you it didn't"

 

[ZodiaK]

nerds. that's why you're playing with cock roaches and not having sex like me

LOL