Question: Do cockroaches actually bite? (In response to the fact that I was told that the bites I woke up with on me while in Ebeye were cockroach bites, but I don't want to sound like an idiot putting that into a book if it is not factually correct.)
Answer:
(1) "They [cockroaches] have been known to bite but only in rare circumstances, when they have exploded into large populations and food is scarce." ~Stoy Hedges, an entomologist
(2) "Yes they do, but cockroaches normally only go after the immobile (i.e. something sleeping or dead)." ~WikiAnswers
Conclusion: Apparently, not only did I receive cockroach bites, but I did so because of population explosion. I guess that is something the people and cockroaches of Ebeye share in common.
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