Do cockroaches have hearts?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Our hearts are strong muscles that pump blood all through our bodies. But do hearts look the same in different animals? What about a tiger, or a lizard, or…a cockroach? Do cockroaches even have hearts? ? We asked urban bug expert Dr. Jody Green to help us find the answer. Got a question that’s been bugging you? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll fly the answer your way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is the Moment of Um.
0:06.7	Moment of Um comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Cosette, the cockroach.
0:16.5	Um.
0:18.5	Oh my gosh. My cockroach mate Jimmy just wrote me the most beautiful love letter.
0:26.6	Here, listen to this.
0:28.9	My dearest Cosette, you are more beautiful than a lump of black licorice.
0:33.9	I love the way the light flickers off your thorax whenever you scurry to hide under the fridge.
0:39.4	Oh, he's so romantic.
0:41.8	Then he writes,
0:43.1	Cosette, my darling cockroach.
0:45.6	There's nothing I would like more than to share cracker crumbs, moldy cheese, and cat poop with you for the rest of my days.
0:52.7	My offer to you is simple.
0:54.6	It is my heart.
0:56.4	Wait a minute.
0:57.2	Jimmy wants to give me his cockroach heart.
0:59.6	First off, the sight of blood makes me pass out so gross.
1:04.5	Second of, um, how do I even know if cockroaches like us have hearts?
1:10.5	Oh, this reminds me of a question that's been
1:12.8	making the rounds from a human named Jude. Hi, my name is Jude. I'm from Cameron, and the question
1:22.0	is, to cockroaches have hearts? Yes, cockroaches do have hearts.
1:31.1	Hi, my name is Dr. Jody Green.
1:33.7	I am an educator and urban entomologist.
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