Cockroaches typically rely on humans for poor house cleaning habits as their means of survival. Add into the fact that some people do not engage in proper cockroach elimination tactics, and it’s easy to see how cockroaches can thrive and multiply out-of-control in human habitats.
There have been reports of cockroaches eating dead human flesh. Although not always wide-spread, cockroaches have been known to bite live humans from time to time as well. Live babies and small children have also been targeted by creepy cockroaches as they are always on the hunt for an easy meal source. Eyelashes, fingernails, around the mouth, and the hands and feet have been the chosen spots for cockroaches to nibble on live human flesh. It is believed by pest control professionals in Ocean Country, NJ that the young ones are more targeted as they are more likely to have food remnants under their fingernails or on their fingers which might be of interest for a scavenging cockroach.
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