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Cockroach vs. Hydraulic Press: Who Wins?
Season 10 Episode 12 | 3m 57s | CC
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?