For over 300 million years, around 4000 species of cockroaches have successfully populated the world. The short-legged runners have survived everything: the ice ages, dinosaurs, draughts, earthquakes – and they will easily outlive the human race. When looking at it from this point of view, cockroaches are superior to the human race and any fight to eradicate them will be in vain. From another point of view insects make perfect research subjects. Entomologists analyse insect intelligence and robotics experts construct machines inspired by their morphology. And a top American chef has even created a refined and nutritious dish out of them.
