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Never lick envelope or stamp !!!!
- Thread starter randitha chathumal
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Roach Eggs on Envelopes Hoax Email
Commentary:
Above is an example of yet another horror story email that involves creepy-crawlies. This one involves cockroaches rather than spiders, and relies for effect on our natural human revulsion at the thought of insects invading our anatomy.
Although it makes for a lovely little in-box tale, there is not a grain of truth in it. A little research on the subject reveals that roach eggs are actually laid in batches and stored in an egg case. Depending on the species, each egg case can hold as many as 52 individual eggs and the eggs cannot survive outside this case. Therefore, if the story were true, the hapless victim would have ended up with a mouth full of the critters rather than just one. Also, the egg cases are quite large, and even if one did end up on the lickable portion of the envelopment, it is quite unlikely that the person doing the licking would not have noticed it!
What's more, the claim that the story was reported on CNN appears to be false. A search of the CNN site reveals no mention of the story. A similar, and equally false, tale claims that a girl was found to have roach eggs in her salivary glands as a result of eating a taco. The similarity of the emails is further evidence that both stories are fiction.
Mind you, the email's advice to "never lick an envelope" might be worth heeding. The taste of the glue can make your coffee taste bad!
References:
http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/kunkel/cockroach_faq.html
http://www.unexco.com/roach1.html
http://pested.unl.edu/roachind.htm
කරුණාකර මේ වගේ යමක් පෝස්ට් කරන විට සාමාන්ය දැනුම උපයෝගී කරගෙන මදක් සිතන්න. කැරපොතු බිත්තරයක් යනු ( සාමාන්ය වය්යවහාරයේ) මුං ඇටයකටත් වඩා විශාල එකකි. එය පවතින්නේ බිත්තර සමූහයක් ලෙසය. වගකීමකින් තොරව මෙසේ පෝස්ට් කිරීමෙන් අනවශ්ය බියගැන්වීමකට, අපහසුතාවයකට බොහෝ දෙනා පත් විය හැක.
Commentary:
Above is an example of yet another horror story email that involves creepy-crawlies. This one involves cockroaches rather than spiders, and relies for effect on our natural human revulsion at the thought of insects invading our anatomy.
Although it makes for a lovely little in-box tale, there is not a grain of truth in it. A little research on the subject reveals that roach eggs are actually laid in batches and stored in an egg case. Depending on the species, each egg case can hold as many as 52 individual eggs and the eggs cannot survive outside this case. Therefore, if the story were true, the hapless victim would have ended up with a mouth full of the critters rather than just one. Also, the egg cases are quite large, and even if one did end up on the lickable portion of the envelopment, it is quite unlikely that the person doing the licking would not have noticed it!
What's more, the claim that the story was reported on CNN appears to be false. A search of the CNN site reveals no mention of the story. A similar, and equally false, tale claims that a girl was found to have roach eggs in her salivary glands as a result of eating a taco. The similarity of the emails is further evidence that both stories are fiction.
Mind you, the email's advice to "never lick an envelope" might be worth heeding. The taste of the glue can make your coffee taste bad!
References:
http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/kunkel/cockroach_faq.html
http://www.unexco.com/roach1.html
http://pested.unl.edu/roachind.htm
කරුණාකර මේ වගේ යමක් පෝස්ට් කරන විට සාමාන්ය දැනුම උපයෝගී කරගෙන මදක් සිතන්න. කැරපොතු බිත්තරයක් යනු ( සාමාන්ය වය්යවහාරයේ) මුං ඇටයකටත් වඩා විශාල එකකි. එය පවතින්නේ බිත්තර සමූහයක් ලෙසය. වගකීමකින් තොරව මෙසේ පෝස්ට් කිරීමෙන් අනවශ්ය බියගැන්වීමකට, අපහසුතාවයකට බොහෝ දෙනා පත් විය හැක.
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