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Article #155Re: lizards vs. roaches (long)
From: Dan Liddell
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 15:48
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 15:48
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In article <1992Oct8.183227.5241@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> Scottl@mot.com (Scott Lindsey) writes: >... Let's hear some tales. Here's one from me. > >At Californial Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, an >experiment was performed in the early 60's on some Cuban roaches which >were supposed to be one of the largest in existence. Apparently, some >droppings were placed in a trash can, and now they are underneath the >science building. As of 1983, they were still there, at least a >zillion of them, scaring the crap out of students who walk into the >labs at night to work on a project, only to find them dropping off of >counters, etc. Fast critters, they were. Sounds apocryphal. Why? I heard the same story at the new mexico school of mines. Common features: 1960's, "very large roaches", trash can, subsequent infestation. This must have actually happened somewhere... -- Dan Liddell dan@netcom.com
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Newsgroups: sci.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gumby!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!dan From: dan@netcom.com (Dan Liddell) Subject: Re: lizards vs. roaches (long) Message-ID: <1992Oct9.154848.16210@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <1992Oct7.032116.8013@phx.mcd.mot.com> <1992Oct8.183227.5241@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> Distribution: usa Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 15:48:48 GMT Lines: 20