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Roadrunners eat lizards.. and they must run at speeds of 25 kilometres per hour (15 miles per hour) in order to catch them.


Putting roaches on the pill


Putting roaches on the pill
A researcher at Cornell University is hoping to create a chemical which will make male cockroaches infertile and put an end to their astounding breeding success. Using a chemical to control the breeding of cockroaches will help to decrease the use of toxic pesticides, tons of which are used each year in the fight against the bugs.
27 APRIL 2000
The Globe and Mail
27 APRIL 2000

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