August 12, 2018

Location: Durham, NC, Museum of Life and Science

I'm a Madagascar Giant Hissing Roach
I fight with my horns over women.

Males with smaller horns have bigger testicles,

So even if I lose, I win.

Sources:

• National Geographic - Madagascar Giant Hissing Cochroach
• Durrant, K. L. et al. Comparative morphological trade-offs between pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection in Giant hissing cockroaches (Tribe: Gromphadorhini). Sci. Rep. 6, 36755; doi: 10.1038/srep36755 (2016).

Photo and text © 2018 Dee Fairbanks Simpson